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Courts (usually) understand that their power is limited by reality. If they decide that AI training is not fair use, then it will not prevent AI training, becau
by zarzavat 1y ago
Courts (usually) understand that their power is limited by reality. If they decide that AI training is not fair use, then it will not prevent AI training, because Europe and China will continue. All it will do is cripple the US for a time before congress can pass legislation to undo it.
- pjc50 1y agoDifficulty of enforcement never worked as an argument in the War On Drugs. Or even in regular copyright enforcement, really. I don't see why AI megacorps should get a free pass to steal all the IP in the world simply because it's profitable.
- aspenmayer 1y agoThe right people benefit from AI training being fair use, and the wrong people benefit from the war on drugs and from copyright infringement. There's no nuance or ideological reasons beyond that really. Need there be, even if we would choose differently?
- walterbell 1y agoIf it's now legal for AI companies to train LLMs on orphan works, can humans publish those works for other humans to read? https://www.copyright.gov/orphan/ https://www.copyright.gov/orphan/ If red tape is being untangled, let's address longstanding issues.
- insane_dreamer 1y agoThat could be said of all IP law.
- mcv 1y agoIt is true of all IP law, which is why there are international agreements on IP law. But Europe already seems to be a lot more restrictive than the US on this front, so it's the US making it a race to the bottom there. China is probably a different matter.