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I draw more parallels between OpenAI and Xerox and the copyright crisis about people making copies of material. https://www.copyright.gov/title37/201/37cfr201-
by shagie 2y ago
I draw more parallels between OpenAI and Xerox and the copyright crisis about people making copies of material.
https://www.copyright.gov/title37/201/37cfr201-14.html https://www.copyright.gov/title37/201/37cfr201-14.html
> The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
> Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
> This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.
The machine is not at fault for reproducing an exact copy of copyrighted materials. It is perfectly within fair use of copyright if it is used for private study, scholarship, or research.
If that person goes beyond that, and uses the reproduction for purposes beyond that then it is that person is liable for infringement - not the machine.
- BeefWellington 2y agoTo be comparable, Xerox would need to have been the sole holder of all photocopiers everywhere, and charge fees for use. Not to mention you're also then in the physical world. This is why Napster is a far better comparable. It's all software, via the Internet, and was at scales no photocopiers could compete with. Only it goes a step worse than Napster. In Napster's case, they simply built software and services primarily aimed at facilitating P2P file sharing. In OpenAI's case, they themselves are responsible for creating the copies of infringing materials. They performed the scraping, and they perform the distribution.