These dumb fucks should go ahead and sue Google, then, if searching and providing song lyrics is considered copyright infringement.
Music Publishers Sue Amazon-backed AI Platform for Copyright Infringement
Submitted 1 year ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to technology@lemmy.world
ericisshort@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m very interested in this case and am curious to see where the courts draw the line here.
Beware of an incoming hot take - I don’t see the concept of training AI on published works as much different than a human learning from published works to go on and make their own original works. However I have definitely seen AIs straight up plagiarize before, but that seems more like a problem with the constraints of the training more than a problem with the concept of AI training entirely.
Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A standard I could see being applied is one that I think has some precedent, where if the work it is supposed to be similar to is anywhere in the training set then it’s a copyright violation. One of the valid defenses against copyright claims in court is that the defendant reasonably could have been unaware of the original work, and that seems to me like a reasonable equivalent.
AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“Similar” is a very hard concept to define, and has previously lead to silly lawsuits. youtu.be/0ytoUuO-qvg
ericisshort@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But humans make works that are similar to other works all the time. I just hope that we set the same standards for AI violating copyright as we have for humans. There is a big difference between derivative works and those that violate copyright.
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
The fact that this is considered a “hot take” is depressing.
ericisshort@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s much less of a hot take for people in the tech community, but it is for many artists and creatives who feel threatened by AI’s potential to devalue what they’ve dedicated their lives to.