Comment on Judge backs AI firm over use of copyrighted books
Artisian@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoPlantifs made that argument and the judge shoots it down pretty hard. That competition isn’t what copyright protects from. Would love to hear your thoughts on the ruling (it’s linked by reuters).
Cort@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Orcs and dwarves (with a v) are creations of Tolkien, if the fantasy stories include them, it’s a violation of copyright the same as including Mickey mouse.
My argument would have been to ask the ai for the bass line to Queen & David Bowie’s Under Pressure. Then refer to that as a reproduction of copyrighted material. But then again, AI companies probably have better lawyers than vanilla ice.
Artisian@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The students read Tolkien, then ‘invent’ Orgreorcs and Dwarvves (with ‘2’ vs, cause they are also vampires). The judge thinks this is similar to how claude works. I, nor I suspect the judge, meant that the students were reusing settings whole cloth.