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Google also used all of this to improve their OCR algorithms, almost certainly used in Google Cloud Vision[0], but I doubt this was a consideration when decidin
by judge2020 4y ago
Google also used all of this to improve their OCR algorithms, almost certainly used in Google Cloud Vision[0], but I doubt this was a consideration when deciding if it was transformative/fair use.
0: https://cloud.google.com/vision https://cloud.google.com/vision
- tremon 4y agoYet they did not build and market a service to authors that would write novels for them based on their OCR-ed catalog.
- Jensson 4y agoMaybe they will? They still have that data and the kind of people to make such a service.
- jacquesm 4y agoI guess we'll discuss that if and when they do.
- Tozen 4y ago> Yet they did not build and market a service to authors that would write novels for them based on their OCR-ed catalog. I find this to be a very appropriate analogy. If Google had done such a thing, they would be facing the same kinds of lawsuits that Microsoft is facing now. And despite Microsoft's money, I don't see how they can wiggle their way out of this one. They basically ignored the license terms and attribution requirements of the authors. Something Microsoft would never stand for, if "the shoe was on the other foot".
- emodendroket 4y agoThat's not really what Copilot proposes to do either.
- altairprime 4y agoIndeed; that would be an excellent topic for litigation, and they would fight it with every lawyer they have b/c it could invalidate their efforts to zero out human labor costs in all possible areas.