To 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

To 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.