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Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI

631 points · 623 comments · papergirl

  1. swader999 · · focus · HN ↗
    A one time settlement for this would be laughable. They should pay royalties in perpetuity or be dismantled.
    1. Skyy93 · · focus · HN ↗
      Basically this was already decided with the Anthropic Case. Lawful acquirement of books allows for training. So basically buying each book once, which is trivial seeing the amount of money these companies sit on, is enough.
    2. tpmoney · · focus · HN ↗
      And as a result the only people that could ever use copyrighted material for any purpose would be people with pockets deep enough to pay for that material in perpetuity. I for one don't look forward to a world where I'm paying a licensing subscription fee for Handbrake, VLC, Jellyfin, Retroarch and all the other pieces of software used all the time that benefit from using copyrighted material in ways the owners of that copyright would really rather you didn't.
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