That's exactly what they are doing now – the lawsuit was over their activities prior to 2024 where they were found to have downloaded illegal pirated copies
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AI Training on Books: Legal and Economic Implications
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They'll only lay you that $3,000 if they are caught pirating your book – if they buy your physical book (or a second hand copy) they can train on it for much less money than that
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Authors’ Copyright Concerns in AI Training Data Usage
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Doesn't help the millions of authors who's books were used for training data without being one of the 500,000 that were illegally downloaded
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AI Training Data and Book Economic Value Impact
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I'm don't think that an AI company scanning a book for training data completely destroys the economic value of that book
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Fair Use and Book Scanning for AI Training: Legal Gray Areas
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To clarify: it appears it is legal, at least in the USA, to buy a used copy of a physical book (used = the author gets nothing), chop the spine off, scan the pages, discard the paper copy and then train on the scanned content The transformation from paper to scan is "fair use"
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AI Training on Books: Legal Loopholes Harm Authors
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A book is only worth $3000 if the AI company illegally downloads it and gets caught If the AI company buys a used copy for 50 cents and destructively scans it (which apparently is allowed now) the author gets nothing
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Global concern raises alarm for free world security
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Ceci devrait beaucoup inquiéter le Monde libre.
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Max’s AGI Safety Arguments Face Criticism for Political Bias
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This is not the argument that Max has been making here. He is insinuating that if some users might be confused by a toy, that should be regarded as evidence of the dangers of AGI, trigger regulation etc. He plays politics, and by being unserious, harms the cause of safety.
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EU-Inc Platform Simplifies European Company Formation for Startups
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You can already do that with european law. Eu-inc just makes a platform to do that easier. Check http://
proposal.eu-inc.org Also this isnt really a big issue for most startup Small? Freelance / EoR worstcase
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Global Government Stances on ChatGPT and AI Tools
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Governments around the world are taking different stances on AI tools like ChatGPT. While some embrace the technology, others have restricted or outright banned access due to political, cultural, or security concerns. Infographic by @VisualCap via @antgrasso #AI #ChatGPT #GenAI