Authors Seek Meta’s Torrent Client Logs and Seeding Data in AI Piracy Probe * TorrentFreak
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Meta is accused of seeding the pirated material that the company obtained from LibGen to train its AI models.
  • recursive_recursion they/them@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    6 hours ago

    huh

    new precedent fork?

    1. Meta loses case and AI training on copyrighted materials becomes illegal.
    2. Meta wins case and piracy becomes legal.

    Surely I’m missing something right?

    • Khanzarate@lemmy.world
      7·
      6 hours ago

      1. Settling for damages, no admission of wrongdoing.

      2. Meta erodes argument via legal technicalities and wins/loses, but the legality of piracy doesn’t factor into the decision. No real precedent is set and fines are worth the potential profit so nothing notable changes.

      • recursive_recursion they/them@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        6 hours ago

        Good catch!

        Meta might choose #3 as they can probably negotiate between themselves and the publishers screwing over the authors as it’s probably the cheapest route for them.

        Although it wouldn’t be out of the question for them to choose #4.