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>The initial acquisition of the data clearly involved massive copyright infringement). I don't find this to be true in USA. Because Google already covered this
by pbhjpbhj 1y ago
>The initial acquisition of the data clearly involved massive copyright infringement).
I don't find this to be true in USA. Because Google already covered this ground and the doctrine of transformative Fair Use was born.
- dragonwriter 1y ago> Because Google already covered this ground and the doctrine of transformative Fair Use was born. Fair Use, and the way whether a work is transformative is a factor in it, is much older than Google; I'm not sure what specific Google precedent you think is relevant here.
- flir 1y agoIt's the download. I don't think you can download The Pile without infringing. 17 U.S. Code § 106 covers reproduction, not just redistribution (IANAL). As I said, I'm separating the acquisition on the data and the training of the data, because I believe the first is an infringing act, while the other is (in the general case) not.