Well Anthropic chose to settle their piracy lawsuit out of court which probably indicates that they thought there was a reasonable chance they could have lost the case. No legally binding precedents set yet though afaik.
FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
It's funny seeing the sudden surge of "copyright is awesome!" On the Internet now that it's become a useful talking point to bludgeon the hated Abominable Intelligence with.
Have any actual court cases established that Gemini is violating copyright, BTW? The major cases I've seen so far have been coming down on the "training AI is fair use" side of things, any copyright issues have largely been ancillary to that.
ErmahgherdDavid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
porcoesphino@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Why is this being downvoted so heavily?
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Probably because their angle is to find opportunities to push an AI positive agenda whether copyright is involved or not.
porcoesphino@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
I don’t see anything there that indicates an AI positive agenda. What am I missing?
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Go take a look at their comments on their profile. Lot of AI talk there.
I’m guessing people aren’t pro copyright, but its their argument in conjunction with AI that has led to the downvotes.
pirate2377@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Copyright can be used to in a good way. Unfortunately, its mostly used by big corporations as a battering ram to extract as much money as possible from smaller businesses and even just individuals
yoasif@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Copyright isn't awesome, it is useful. The whole basis of open source is built on the concept of copyright (copyleft), so alignment with copyright isn't "sudden", it is fundamental.
Grimy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Copyrights is mostly used by big companies to fuck with the competition so they can keep a strangle hold on the consumers.
It’s a deeply flawed system not in any way to our advantage. Actually having the copyright laws strengthened so they apply to AI training would instantly kill the open source scene and make certain only a handful of companies can afford to put out models.
Copyleft is built as a protection against big companies and how unfair the playing field is because of copyright laws. It’s like saying crime is a good thing because without it, we wouldn’t have a police force.
yoasif@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Not disagreeing with you - just saying that the legal underpinnings of open source are the copyright regime.
Grimy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m disagreeing with the positive spin you are trying to put on it. We have cops because of crime. Having cops is a good thing (mostly) but we wouldn’t need them if there was no crime.