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Interesting to see how this plays out. Conceivably if running an LLM over text defeats copyright, it will destroy the book publishing industry, as I could run a
by dessimus 7mo ago
Interesting to see how this plays out. Conceivably if running an LLM over text defeats copyright, it will destroy the book publishing industry, as I could run any ebook thru an LLM to make a new text, like the ~95% regurgitated Harry Potter.
- amelius 7mo agoIf enough people do this, then it may speed up the lawmaking process.
- timschmidt 7mo agoThis has already been done via brute force for melodies: https://www.vice.com/en/article/musicians-algorithmically-generate-every-possible-melody-release-them-to-public-domain/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/musicians-algorithmically-ge...
- amelius 7mo agoDid they listen to their own creation? If not, maybe it should not constitute a valid case in court. Also, I'm wondering if they are not themselves liable considering they have every copyrighted work in there too.
- kingstnap 7mo agoYou could already do that before LLMs? Persumably there is already a law around why I cant just go borrow a book from my library, type out some 95% regurgitated varient on my laptop, and then try to publish it somewhere? Edit: I looked it up and the thing that stops you from publishing a bootleg "Harold Potter and the Wizards Rock" is this legal framework around "The Abstractions Test".
- dessimus 7mo agoI agree, but I'm not the one claiming that an AI-Assisted rewrite is sufficient enough to now claim that one ignore copyright and change the license.