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minus-squareArtisian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 hours agoI also read through the judgement, and I think it’s better for anthropic than you describe. He distinguishes three issues: A) Use any written material they get their hands on to train the model (and the resulting model doesn’t just reproduce the works). B) Buy a single copy of a print book, scan it, and retain the digital copy for a company library (for all sorts of future purposes). C) Pirate a book and retain that copy for a company library (for all sorts of future purposes). A and B were fair use by summary judgement. Meaning this judge thinks it’s clear cut in anthropics favor. C will go to trial.
minus-squarexthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 hours agoC could still bankrupt the company depending on how trial goes. They pirated a lot of books.
minus-squareArtisian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 hours agoAs a civil matter, the publishing houses are more likely to get the full money if anthropic stays in business (and does well). So it might be bad, but I’m really skeptical about bankruptcy (and I’m not hearing anyone seriously floating it?)
I also read through the judgement, and I think it’s better for anthropic than you describe. He distinguishes three issues:
A) Use any written material they get their hands on to train the model (and the resulting model doesn’t just reproduce the works).
B) Buy a single copy of a print book, scan it, and retain the digital copy for a company library (for all sorts of future purposes).
C) Pirate a book and retain that copy for a company library (for all sorts of future purposes).
A and B were fair use by summary judgement. Meaning this judge thinks it’s clear cut in anthropics favor. C will go to trial.
C could still bankrupt the company depending on how trial goes. They pirated a lot of books.
As a civil matter, the publishing houses are more likely to get the full money if anthropic stays in business (and does well). So it might be bad, but I’m really skeptical about bankruptcy (and I’m not hearing anyone seriously floating it?)