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#fairuse

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Ecologia Digital

"The [#CopyrightOffice] #AIreport applies the law of #fairuse to different kinds of #AItraining and usage, concluding that although outcomes might differ case by case, “making commercial use of vast troves of #copyrightedworks to produce expressive content that competes with them in existing markets, especially where this is accomplished through illegal access, goes beyond established fair use boundaries.”"

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The Verge · Elon Musk’s apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfiredBy Tina Nguyen
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PrivacyDigest

#Copyright Office thinks AI companies sometimes stole content-The Register

Some see an action to benefit Elon. The #WhiteHouse sees an agency obsessed with #DEI

The head of the US Copyright Office has reportedly been fired, the day after agency concluded that builders of AI models use of copyrighted material went beyond existing doctrines of fair use.

The office’s opinion on fair use came in a draft of the third part of its report on copyright & #AI.
#musk #fairuse

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The Register · US Copyright Office found AI companies sometimes breach copyright. Next day its boss was firedBy Simon Sharwood
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Paul Melis

"But making commercial use of vast troves of copyrighted works to produce expressive content that competes with them in existing markets, especially where this is accomplished through illegal access, goes beyond established fair use boundaries."

United States Copyright Office, Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 3: Generative AI Training

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#ai#fairuse#training
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

The thesis that each unauthorized use of a copyrighted work amounts to a lost sale going down the drain...

"At times, it sounded like the case was the authors’ to lose, with Chhabria noting that Meta was “destined to fail” if the plaintiffs could prove that Meta’s tools created similar works that cratered how much money they could make from their work. But Chhabria also stressed that he was unconvinced the authors would be able to show the necessary evidence. When he turned to the authors’ legal team, led by high-profile attorney David Boies, Chhabria repeatedly asked whether the plaintiffs could actually substantiate accusations that Meta’s AI tools were likely to hurt their commercial prospects. “It seems like you’re asking me to speculate that the market for Sarah Silverman’s memoir will be affected,” he told Boies. “It’s not obvious to me that is the case.”

When defendants invoke the fair use doctrine, the burden of proof shifts to them to demonstrate that their use of copyrighted works is legal. Boies stressed this point during the hearing, but Chhabria remained skeptical that the authors’ legal team would be able to successfully argue that Meta could plausibly crater their sales. He also appeared lukewarm about whether Meta’s decision to download books from places like LibGen was as central to the fair use issue as the plaintiffs argued it was. “It seems kind of messed up,” he said. “The question, as the courts tell us over and over again, is not whether something is messed up but whether it’s copyright infringement.”

A ruling in the Kadrey case could play a pivotal role in the outcomes of the ongoing legal battles over generative AI and copyright."

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WIRED · A Judge Says Meta’s AI Copyright Case Is About ‘the Next Taylor Swift’By Kate Knibbs
#AI#GenerativeAI#AITraining
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Nonilex

"You have companies using #copyright-protected material to create a product that is capable of producing an infinite number of competing products," Chhabria told #Meta's attorneys. "You are dramatically changing, you might even say obliterating, the market for that person's work, & you're saying that you don't even have to pay a license to that person."

"I just don't understand how that can be #FairUse," Chhabria said.

#tech#AI#IntellectualProperty
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Nonilex

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Judge in #Meta case warns #AI could 'obliterate' market for original works

A skeptical federal judge in SF on Thurs questioned Meta Platforms' argument that it can legally use copyrighted works without permission to train its #ArtificialIntelligence models.
In the 1st court hearing on a key question for the AI industry, Judge Vince Chhabria grilled attys for both sides over Meta's request for a ruling that it made #FairUse of books to train its #LLaMa #LLM.
#law
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Nonilex

#Technology companies have said that being forced to pay #copyright holders for their #content could hamstring the burgeoning, multi-billion dollar #AI industry. The defendants say their AI systems make #FairUse of copyrighted material by studying it to learn to create new, transformative content.

Plaintiffs in the cases counter that AI companies unlawfully copy their work to generate competing content that threatens their livelihoods.

#law#tech#IntellectualProperty
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Nonilex

The #FairUse question hangs over lawsuits brought by #authors, #news outlets & other #copyright owners against companies including #Meta, #OpenAI & #Anthropic. The #legal doctrine allows for the use of copyrighted work without the copyright owner's permission under some circumstances.

The authors in the Meta case sued in 2023, arguing the company used pirated versions of their books to train #LLaMa without permission or compensation.

#law#tech#AI
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Nonilex

Judge in #Meta case weighs key question for #AI #copyright lawsuits

A federal judge in SF will hear arguments on Thurs from Meta & a group of #authors in the 1st court hearing over a pivotal question in high-stakes copyright cases over #AItraining.

Judge Vince Chhabria will consider Meta's request for a pretrial ruling that it made "#FairUse" of books from writers including Junot Diaz & comedian Sarah Silverman to train its #LLaMa #LLM.

#law #tech #IntellectualProperty
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