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> Microsoft's apparent legal opinion is that training an AI on the data is the same as reading it, and doesn't require a license. How is that conciled with the
by jcelerier 5y ago
> Microsoft's apparent legal opinion is that training an AI on the data is the same as reading it, and doesn't require a license.
How is that conciled with the fact that a person that read copyrighted code (not even the original source code, a mere decompiled version of it !) is forbidden to reimplement it directly:
https://www.computerworld.com/article/2585652/reverse-engineering.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2585652/reverse-engine...
- zarzavat 5y agoClean room reimplementation is a way to prevent court cases, it's not a legal requirement. If a company copies a competitors product then the chance of getting sued is very high. If they can show that, in fact, there was zero copying at all, then they can get the case dismissed and save great legal expense.