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That's shifting the goalposts. They're totally different things. I know the comments I post here are probably going to end up in more than a dozen web scrape d

by hnfong 3y ago

That's shifting the goalposts. They're totally different things. I know the comments I post here are probably going to end up in more than a dozen web scrape databases, and I'm personally fine with that. I'm not fine with somebody impersonate me and steal my identity. Are there any allegations at all that the books3 database misrepresents any works of any authors? Not even the generative models do that -- if it was obvious that the models had a tendency to misattribute authorship of works, they'd have been sued for that (among other things) already. You don't get to respond to "why would anyone focus on the fact that no harm has been caused when we could be talking about theoretical harms that we can’t describe or quantify??" by making up more fictional harms that you have no evidence happened.

pavlov 3y ago
> “Are there any allegations at all that the books3 database misrepresents any works of any authors?” It’s a misrepresentation to include these works in a database when the authors didn’t choose to do so. The database itself is a creative work. It’s directly using the reputation of thousands of other authors. Having your work included in another creative work without your approval is textbook infringement.
- carbotaniuman 3y ago
  > It’s a misrepresentation to include these works in a database when the authors didn’t choose to do so. That's not how any of this works. You can't opt-out from my database of "50 Books that are Overrated", or "50 Books that are Great" no matter how much you claim copyright.
  - pavlov 3y ago
    Are you really including the entire text of the books in your "50 Books" lists?
- hnfong 3y ago
  There's a difference between "Having your work included in another creative work without your approval", and "writing books in your name and selling them on Kindle using your reputation". I'm surprised that you seem to fail to see the distinction.

by hnfong 3y ago

pavlov 3y ago

> “Are there any allegations at all that the books3 database misrepresents any works of any authors?” It’s a misrepresentation to include these works in a database when the authors didn’t choose to do so. The database itself is a creative work. It’s directly using the reputation of thousands of other authors. Having your work included in another creative work without your approval is textbook infringement.

carbotaniuman 3y ago
> It’s a misrepresentation to include these works in a database when the authors didn’t choose to do so. That's not how any of this works. You can't opt-out from my database of "50 Books that are Overrated", or "50 Books that are Great" no matter how much you claim copyright.
- pavlov 3y ago
  Are you really including the entire text of the books in your "50 Books" lists?
hnfong 3y ago
There's a difference between "Having your work included in another creative work without your approval", and "writing books in your name and selling them on Kindle using your reputation". I'm surprised that you seem to fail to see the distinction.