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<blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 9373070" data-attributes="member: 13107">Responding to just the above point.A person reading an article, or looking at a painting, or listening to music, is not the same as software doing a similar thing:* Software generally has the ability to retain much more detail than a person.* I am not a lawyer, but I suspect: That a copywritten work has been authorized for public viewing does not automatically authorize the software's &quot;viewing&quot; of the same work for training purposes.&nbsp; A use of a copywritten work is subject to limitations according to whatever license was obtained.&nbsp; While there are fair use exceptions, I'm not aware of &quot;software training&quot; being one of those exceptions.Uploading to youtube, facebook, &amp;etc, almost certainly assigns rights.&nbsp; One of them very probably allows software training.&nbsp; This may apply as well to text sent through popular software.How a copywritten work is used matters!&nbsp; My understanding is that copying a movie for time-shifting is allowed without extra authorization.&nbsp; Copying a movie to give it (or sell it) to a friend is not allowed.Thx!TomB</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tomBitonti, post: 9373070, member: 13107"] Responding to just the above point. A person reading an article, or looking at a painting, or listening to music, is not the same as software doing a similar thing: * Software generally has the ability to retain much more detail than a person. * I am not a lawyer, but I suspect: That a copywritten work has been authorized for public viewing does not automatically authorize the software's "viewing" of the same work for training purposes. A use of a copywritten work is subject to limitations according to whatever license was obtained. While there are fair use exceptions, I'm not aware of "software training" being one of those exceptions. Uploading to youtube, facebook, &etc, almost certainly assigns rights. One of them very probably allows software training. This may apply as well to text sent through popular software. How a copywritten work is used matters! My understanding is that copying a movie for time-shifting is allowed without extra authorization. Copying a movie to give it (or sell it) to a friend is not allowed. Thx! TomB [/QUOTE]

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