Comment on Judge backs AI firm over use of copyrighted books

• SculptusPoe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It means what it means, “freely” pulls its own weight. I didn’t say “readily” accessible. Torrents could be viewed as “readily” accessible but it couldn’t be viewed as “freely” accessible because at the very least you bear the guilt of theft. Library books are “freely” accessible, and if somehow the training involved checking out books and returning them digitally, it should be fine. If it is free to read into neurons it is free to read into neurons. If payment for reading is expected then it isn’t free.

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  • Womble@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Civil cases of copyright infringment are not theft, no matter what the MPIA have trained you to believe.

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    • JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      But they are copyright infringement, which costs more than theft.

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