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It is copyrighted. There's ongoing lawsuits about whether AI training counts as copyright infringement; e.g. Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence https://www.de
by pjc50 2y ago
It is copyrighted. There's ongoing lawsuits about whether AI training counts as copyright infringement; e.g. Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence https://www.debevoise.com/insights/publications/2025/02/an-early-win-for-copyright-owners-in-ai-cases-as https://www.debevoise.com/insights/publications/2025/02/an-e...
However, they could just do an end run round this. In the UK they're planning to get the government to help them just grab everything for free: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/copyright-and-artificial-intelligence/copyright-and-artificial-intelligence https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/copyright-and-ar...
- macinjosh 2y agoWhatever happened to terms of use and EULAs? These big companies use them against individuals all the times, why can't small sites state in their Terms of Use or put up a EULA that states no crawling/copying is allowed. Shouldn't that open up avenues to sue?
- pjc50 2y ago> These big companies use them against individuals all the times There's your answer. Lawfare works in favor of the party with deeper pockets.