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Comment by cmeacham98

6 months ago

Can you give an example of a copyright lawsuit lost by a 'normal person' that's doing the same thing OpenAI is?

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elashri  6 months ago

https://journa.host/@jeremiak/113811327999722586

  • adwn  6 months ago

    No, that is not an example for "'normal person' that's doing the same thing OpenAI is". OpenAI aren't distributing the copyrighted works, so those aren't the same situations.

    Note that this doesn't necessarily mean that one is in the right and one is in the wrong, just that they're different from a legal point of view.

    • BeefWellington  6 months ago

      > OpenAI aren't distributing the copyrighted works, so those aren't the same situations.

      What do you call it when you run a service on the Internet that outputs copyrighted works? To me, putting something up on a website is distribution.

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  • chaos_emergent  6 months ago

    Aaron Swartz, while an infuriating tragedy, is antithetical to OpenAI's claim to transformation; he literally published documents that were behind a licensed paywall.

    • DoctorOetker  6 months ago

      That is incorrect AFAIU. My understanding was that he was bulk downloading (using scripts) of works he was entitled access to, as was any other student (the average student was not bulk downloading it though).

      As far as I know he never shared them, he was just caught hoarding them.