• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    However, companies that downloaded enormous amounts of pirated texts (i.e., stuff they did not have license to download in the first place) still infringed copyright just like anybody else.

    I thought only the distribution part was copyright infringement.

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      7 days ago

      Not in this ruling. A hoard of books or videos you didn’t pay for is still piracy. And the volume of it is a key factor when making this decision. At the scale these AI companies have been working, it’s flagrant.