If you want to understand copyright law, you should (a) start actually reading some of the law and (b) read @Blanketman_01
’s patient but systematic dismantling of numerous misunderstandings of copyright law, in his posts over the last several days. https://
x.com/Blanketman_01/
/Blanketman_01/status/1744066781038493893
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@garymarcus
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Understanding Copyright Law: Key Misconceptions Explained
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LeCun’s LLM Thoughts and Academic Attribution Concerns
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Sources: https://
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and https://
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MC2812776/
… The fact that LeCun’s recent thoughts on LLMs resemble my own earlier thoughts is widely known, and has been documented elsewhere. The fact he routinely he fails to recognize that work is evident in virtually all of -
VCR Licensing Precedent: Legal Considerations for Hardware Manufacturers
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it would have been a relative precedent, had they preloaded the VCR with unlicensed content. but *those* guys had the good sense not to.
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LeCun Aligns with Earlier AI Theory Positions on Hinton
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Luckily I don’t need to correct Hinton on this anymore now that LeCun has started echoing what I was saying all along.
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Legal dispute acknowledges AI infringement basis implicitly
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Re “main use case”, i can imagine a reply like this: “You just said a lot of time it doesn’t infringe. I agree. But you have thereby also just implicitly acknowledged that sometimes it does infringe. Now that you have acknowledged the fundamental premise of my suit is true,
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Ethical concerns about influential AI figures and power dynamics
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you don’t think calling me a grifter etc was lower? did you read his tweet that prompted me to block him? Or the arguments i made her in this thread for why I do in fact find him to be dangerous, given his lack of ethics combined with his power?
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IP Law Implications for AI: Copyright and Trademark Concerns
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Basically, I am seeing two kinds of responses to Marcus & @Rahll @ieespectrum here: People who understand the basics of copyright and trademark law and realize the implications. People who have no idea how IP law actually works but just enjoy making comments. You could
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Japanese AI Case Study: Beyond Assumptions and Uninformed Debate
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We discussed the Japanese case in the paper. It’s not the haven you imagine. It’s tiresome tbh when people are really exercised by an issue but won’t take a 18 minutes to read a really good summary that came out yesterday, and instead just make uninformed shit up.
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ELIZA Still Relevant After 50+ Years of AI Progress
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ELIZA still in the race after over half a century. That’s just embarrassing.
