Training Generative AI Models on Copyrighted Works Is Fair Use - Change My Mind

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I fucked with the title a bit. What i linked to was actually a mastodon post linking to an actual thing. but in my defense, i found it because cory doctorow boosted it, so, in a way, i am providing the original source here.

please argue. please do not remove.

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Just because a court hasn't yet deemed that specific action illegal doesn't mean it's not illegal when you do it. Doesn't matter if the crime is theft, rape, murder, etc.

theft rape and murder are criminal matters. copyright is civil, and, yes, the courts can adjudicate every individual case.

theft rape and murder are criminal matters. copyright is civil

It's...a civil crime. Not sure what your point is.

the courts can adjudicate every individual case.

Just like theft, rape and murder...

Just like theft, rape and murder…

except that sometimes those are statutory. fair use claims cannot be statutory.

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