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In order to present a book to a ML algorithm you need to copy it, either using a camera, or using other means (eg as a file). In USA that copying might be Fair
by pbhjpbhj 3y ago
In order to present a book to a ML algorithm you need to copy it, either using a camera, or using other means (eg as a file). In USA that copying might be Fair Use, it's almost certainly not allowed in UK law AIUI.
Copying a webpage into a cache that allows presentation of the page to a user is only allowed because it is part of rendering the page to a user. Even if a computer only copies two words at a time from a source text, if it copies a substantial part overall then it still copied.
Honestly, I don't think slurping data to train ML models is allowed by copyright (but, I do, probably think it should be, as long as any significant reproductions are then prosecuted as infringements [also we should reduce copyright terms to ~7 years!]).
This is all my own opinion, unrelated to my employment.
- Pet_Ant 3y ago> In order to present a book to a ML algorithm you need to copy it, either using a camera, or using other means Almost all modern books are available as ebooks for the Kindle or otherwise. You aren't doing anything to the content itself that could be a violation.
- pbhjpbhj 3y agoSo, you copy the Kindle book from a server to your local host to feed into your training algo (ie other means). Or you stream it piecewise into a buffer, still copying.