A long form response to the concerns and comments and general principles many people had in the post about authors suing companies creating LLMs.

  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    1 year ago

    That is not actually true.

    If I create unauthorized copies of Silverman’s book, and hand one to you, I have violated her copyright; you have not. You are free to read that unauthorized copy. You are free to discuss what you have read.

    Copyright law prohibits me from creating and distributing her book. It does not prohibit you from receiving an unauthorized copy. Hell, it doesn’t even prohibit you from soliciting an unauthorized copy.