> but OpenAI still infringed copyright by making unauthorised reproductions of the authors’ works (by downloading pirated copies of them). I am not aware of a

> but OpenAI still infringed copyright by making unauthorised reproductions of the authors’ works (by downloading pirated copies of them). I am not aware of a single example in the history of US copyright law where someone has been successfully prosecuted for the downloading part. If such an example does not exist, then I think it is safe to say that it is not illegal. But feel free to show me this an example. Because I have so far never heard of such a case.