Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers’ work unless companies opt out, turning copyright law on its head

Technology@beehaw.org – 371 points – 11 months ago

Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers’ work unless companies opt out

In its submission to the Australian government’s review of the regulatory framework around AI, Google said that copyright law should be altered to allow for generative AI systems to scrape the internet.

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then go around selling Binbows and MSFT can't do anything about it

I think this already happen. A very practical example, windows GUI has been copied by many Linus distros. And with windows 11 there's clearly a reference to Apple MacOS GUI with a sparkling of Google material design.

Should apple and Google be able to sue Microsoft because it "copied" their work? Should Google be able to sue apple because they "copied" the notification drop-down in iOS?

As you say it's really a grey area because the only reason we consider AI code to be "regurgitated" while human code to be "inspired" is only because we give humans more recognition of their intellectual abilities.

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