> And it's not clear that Meta can do anything about this. It seems that params aren't copyrightable. There is a legal argument that they aren’t in the US, but

> And it's not clear that Meta can do anything about this. It seems that params aren't copyrightable. There is a legal argument that they aren’t in the US, but I don’t think that argument has been tested in court yet. Even if the courts uphold that argument-it is likely to fail in other countries, many of which have lower standards for copyrightability than the US does; and it is always possible Congress will respond by creating a new form of IP protection for them. That’s happened before - courts ruled that semiconductor masks weren’t copyrightable, so Congress invented a new “semiconductor mask right” to give copyright-equivalent protection to them. Given the amount of media focus on AI, if courts rule params can’t be copyrighted, very likely Congress invents “AI parameter rights”