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Speculating (I am not a lawyer) I see two options: 1. Model weights are the output of mathematical principles, in the US facts are not copyrightable, so in gen
by slimsag 3y ago
Speculating (I am not a lawyer) I see two options:
1. Model weights are the output of mathematical principles, in the US facts are not copyrightable, so in general math is not copyrightable.
2. Model weights are the derivative work of all copyrighted works it was trained on - in which case, it would be similar to creating a new picture which contains every other picture in the world inside of it. Who is the copyright owner? Well, everyone, since it includes so many other copyright holders' works in it.
- humanistbot 3y agoYour second argument, if true, disproves your first argument.
- slimsag 3y agoDoesn't matter. A court decides in the end, and the two choices I presented could lead to OPs scenario. If a court decides that, they decide that, period. I'm not 'making an argument' with those points - I'm presenting options a court might choose from when setting precedent.
- earleybird 3y agoYour second question asks: "Who owns the Infinite Library[0]?" related, there was a presentation (i've lost the reference) on automatic song (tune?) generation where the presenter claimed (rather humourusly) that he'd generated all the songs that had ever been and will ever be so that while he was infringing on a large but finite number of songs, he was non infringing on an infinite number of future songs. So, on balance he was in a favourable position. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel
- FishInTheWater 3y agoRemember that database rights are a thing. One cannot hold copyright facts, but one can "copyright" a collection of facts like a search index or a map.