melp@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoMeta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violationswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1274arrow-down10
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minus-squareThalestr@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72·1 year agoIf Meta gets away with this or gets off lightly, I’d love for this to set a future legal precedent for future piracy cases. Unless they just straight up want to say “Piracy and copyright laws only apply to poor people” in a court of law.
minus-squareTanyaJLaird@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up45·1 year agoI have no idea what you’re talking about. I don’t pirate media. I’m just slowly gathering a collection of AI training data.
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoMy AI is enjoying a lot Severance. Very recommend… For training porpoises.
minus-squareTanyaJLaird@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoExactly. Of course, I need to make sure the files are appropriate for AI training, so it’s imperative that I review the media in its entirety first.
minus-squarejatone@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agona, they’ll just say it doesn’t apply to companies because no clear pleb to pin it on.
minus-squareIoughttamow@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoI’ll just spin up an llc and do all of my torrenting for market research
minus-squarejatone@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoLLCs are plebs. You need a corporation to not be a pleb and it needs to be registered in Delaware.
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat isn’t hard to do. One needs high priced lawyers.
minus-squareItsamelemmy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWe already have precedent. They need to be fined the same rate as the Napster cases.
If Meta gets away with this or gets off lightly, I’d love for this to set a future legal precedent for future piracy cases.
Unless they just straight up want to say “Piracy and copyright laws only apply to poor people” in a court of law.
I have no idea what you’re talking about. I don’t pirate media. I’m just slowly gathering a collection of AI training data.
My AI is enjoying a lot Severance. Very recommend… For training porpoises.
Exactly. Of course, I need to make sure the files are appropriate for AI training, so it’s imperative that I review the media in its entirety first.
na, they’ll just say it doesn’t apply to companies because no clear pleb to pin it on.
I’ll just spin up an llc and do all of my torrenting for market research
LLCs are plebs. You need a corporation to not be a pleb and it needs to be registered in Delaware.
That isn’t hard to do.
One needs high priced lawyers.
We already have precedent. They need to be fined the same rate as the Napster cases.
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