Comment by _djo_
7 days ago
Making the contents of the books available verbatim afterward would be a less bad option, yes.
That's not happening though.
7 days ago
Making the contents of the books available verbatim afterward would be a less bad option, yes.
That's not happening though.
Right, but that's because of copyright law.
Have you seen AI companies making any effort, with their newfound immense power to get the attention of lawmakers, to lobby for amendments to copyright law to make this exercise a less destructive exercise?
Because none are.
Why would they? They're not the ones upset that they're cutting up books. They fought a court case to allow them to do it a different way that didn't require cutting up any books. They were shut down and had to pay billions, and so they're doing it the only legal way that is left to them.
This is literally what the publishers asked for. If they wanted a different way, they're the copyright lobby. They are making all the rules. They can change it.
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