melp@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 9 days agoMeta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violationswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down10
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minus-squareThalestr@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·9 days agoIf Meta gets away with this or gets off lightly, I’d love for this to set a future legal precedent for future piracy cases. Unless they just straight up want to say “Piracy and copyright laws only apply to poor people” in a court of law.
minus-squareItsamelemmy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoWe already have precedent. They need to be fined the same rate as the Napster cases.
minus-squareTanyaJLaird@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up31·9 days agoI have no idea what you’re talking about. I don’t pirate media. I’m just slowly gathering a collection of AI training data.
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoMy AI is enjoying a lot Severance. Very recommend… For training porpoises.
minus-squareTanyaJLaird@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoExactly. Of course, I need to make sure the files are appropriate for AI training, so it’s imperative that I review the media in its entirety first.
If Meta gets away with this or gets off lightly, I’d love for this to set a future legal precedent for future piracy cases.
Unless they just straight up want to say “Piracy and copyright laws only apply to poor people” in a court of law.
We already have precedent. They need to be fined the same rate as the Napster cases.
I have no idea what you’re talking about. I don’t pirate media. I’m just slowly gathering a collection of AI training data.
My AI is enjoying a lot Severance. Very recommend… For training porpoises.
Exactly. Of course, I need to make sure the files are appropriate for AI training, so it’s imperative that I review the media in its entirety first.
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