Comment by moring
9 months ago
Google doesn't "vaccuum up" anything. Every site indexed by Google is still available without using Google at all. They are _copying_ information, not moving or removing it.
9 months ago
Google doesn't "vaccuum up" anything. Every site indexed by Google is still available without using Google at all. They are _copying_ information, not moving or removing it.
And how does downloading a torrent differ from that?
It does not, and both uses are fine.
It doesn't, unless the torrent later becomes unavailable. Then the AI trained with is the only "copy" left.
If anything, the law should require that they seed their training data so that the competitive landscape converges on actual technological innovation and not moat building through data destruction.
The sites copied by Google Search explicitly allow it.
The books copied by Meta, explicitly disallow it, and require payment for distribution.
The sites indexed often don't explicitly allow it. I can see my website in the index of web search engines that I never opted in to.
I'm not unhappy about it; but was never consulted.
4 replies →
Information wants to be free.
3 replies →