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AASchmidt replied to the thread Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem.We've all seen the phrase "free for personal use", generally on software but I've also seen it on licenses for things like clipart...
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AASchmidt replied to the thread Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem.Very true and more, creators can put conditions on how they want their creations to be used. They can say it's free for personal use but...
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AASchmidt replied to the thread Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem.I worked for Shawn Fanning (the guy who created Napster) at EA. To be honest, I don't really have anything positive I can say about the...
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AASchmidt reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem with
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That said, for these multi-billion dollar megacorps, I'm sure if they simply pivoted to paying for one copy of each thing they scrape it... -
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The thing is, thanks to history, it is actually piracy. If you don't like that, take it up with Napster, a quarter-century ago. Making...
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AASchmidt replied to the thread Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem.I've worked in software development for almost 40 years and deal with IP laws on a fairly regular basis as a result. Hey, software...