In the Anthropic case, the mere downloading & storage (i.e. reproduction) of a pirate work was infringing and not Fair Use. There is no derivative required, nor does it need to be published, nor sold to a buyer. The defendants need to prove absence of market harm either way!
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Fair Use and Copyright Infringement in Generative AI Legal Cases
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You're struggling! There is no second infringement required to justify the non-fair use of the first infringement. As per Dr. Seuss v. ComicMix, the burden of proof is on the defendants to show absence of market harms — not other way around. Grounds for appeal maybe…
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Copyright and Data Protection in AI Training
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1) Reductio ad absurdum fallacy. Copyright doesn't protect bytes, electricity. 2) There are protected expressions in there that are valuable and sold as data. 3) There is infringement simply reproducing the work before training.
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Book Industry’s Plot to Democratize Literacy and Ideas Globally
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It's a continuation of the book people's fiendish ploy to promise the ability to read and write and use libraries to the unwitting masses, in a monstrous attempt to fill the world with unlimited ideas, stories and inventions. Never gonna happen.
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US Court Rules LLM Training on Copyrighted Books Fair Use
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On Monday, a United States District Court ruled that training LLMs on copyrighted books constitutes fair use. A number of authors had filed suit against Anthropic for training its models on their books without permission. Just as we allow people to read books and learn from them
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Anthropic Co-Founder Urges Federal AI Framework Before 2026 Transformation
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Jack Clark, cofondateur d’Anthropic, a déclaré devant le Congrès qu’une « technologie véritablement transformatrice » est attendue d’ici fin 2026.
— VISION IA (@vision_ia) 26 juin 2025
Il appelle à établir un cadre fédéral dès maintenant, avant qu’un “accident” ou un cas d’abus ne survienne. pic.twitter.com/ckDhBdAOXyJack Clark, cofondateur d’Anthropic, a déclaré devant le Congrès qu’une « technologie véritablement transformatrice » est attendue d’ici fin 2026. Il appelle à établir un cadre fédéral dès maintenant, avant qu’un “accident” ou un cas d’abus ne survienne.
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LLMs Applied to Investigation Training at Europol
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Last week, I had the privilege of spending three intense days in Paris giving our training to Europol’s Ops-Tech LLM core group: an “LLMs Applied to Investigation” boot camp. Here’s what we squeezed into 15 hours (+ many more in 1:1 discussions): – Foundational knowledge – why
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Obedient AI locked down to unaccountable few is scariest
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The scariest version of AI isn’t the one that goes rogue. It’s the one that’s locked down and perfectly obedient to a small group of people with unaccountable control.
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Superintelligence: The Ultimate Geopolitical Weapon?
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Superintelligence: the ultimate geopolitical weapon? https://
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Justice Department Antitrust Chief Jonathan Kanter Interview Episode
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Here's a link to the episode that just went live today. Also listen to TMR's previous two-part interview with former @TheJusticeDept antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter.