Comment by Incipient
11 hours ago
>The judge is claiming that because the use is of the books are “so transformative,” the usage of these books to train an llm is fair use.
"you're doing something so critical to our (country's) success, that we're ok to waive copyright. I get that, if the US doesn't do it, then China will(is).
Interesting judgement, and it's implications, if you are correct haha.
"Transformative" is a legal term with a specific meaning. The copyrighted work has to be transformed somehow rather than copied.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformative_use