If they're public, it'd be fair use, and I guess they could stop you by not letting you download them in the first place, but if they're out there it's fair gam

If they're public, it'd be fair use, and I guess they could stop you by not letting you download them in the first place, but if they're out there it's fair game. WRT the original point you were trying to make, I agree that using the pile/libgen is questionable, but so are publishers trying to gouge companies who use the materials for training by charging them a higher price than they'd charge people with the intention of reading the book. If your problem is billionaires, that's separate from AI (which can be open source and run on commodity systems), and we can also have a conversation there. Shitting on AI because some unethical actors are pursuing it is like shitting on top hats and monocles because rich people wear them though.