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Something not mentioned that links to both LLM training AND drop in book sales... Anna's Archive
by chris_money202 4mo ago
Something not mentioned that links to both LLM training AND drop in book sales... Anna's Archive
- iLoveOncall 4mo agoI would be extremely surprised if piracy accounts for any serious dent in the sales of books.
- solid_fuel 4mo agoThe implication is that the self-help books were scraped from Anna's Archive to train the LLMs, thus the content in the books has been integrated into the LLM and may be regurgitated on command. With the content then being available straight from an LLM, there's no need to buy the books.
- chris_money202 4mo agoIf this was true, they wouldn't be getting sued and aggressively pursued for takedowns
- jasonfarnon 4mo ago" they wouldn't be getting sued and aggressively pursued for takedowns" I don't think so. That behavior only tells you the modest cost of sending takedown notices/threatening letters is less than the (supposed) lost revenue. Kids I know (I'm a teacher) don't seem at all aware of it when complaining about textbook costs and I kind of vaguely hint they look online for it--nothing like the popularity of napster.
- chris_money202 4mo agoTo get the DOJ and FBI to move on on this takes a lot more than submitting paperwork, costs a lot more too.
- dartharva 4mo agoSuing is a lucrative business in America, so much so that there are entire businesses dedicated to it. It doesn't have to actually protect anything.
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- tmaly 4mo agoI still buy paper books and audit books even with Anna's Archive.