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Yes, actually it is
by inigyou 3mo ago
Yes, actually it is
- netsharc 3mo agoI'm going to buy a Taylor Swift CD, rip it as MP3s, destroy the CD, and put the MP3s online... Will I get sued?
- pfdietz 3mo agoThe "putting it online" part is where you are f-ing up.
- themaninthedark 3mo agoBut it's transformed now! Edit(seriously): >Transformativeness is a characteristic of such derivative works that makes them transcend, or place in a new light, the underlying works on which they are based. In computer- and Internet-related works, the transformative characteristic of the later work is often that it provides the public with a benefit not previously available to it, which would otherwise remain unavailable.(Wikipedia) I am sure Napster or the like argued that what they were doing was transformative. Not sure how AI companies are arguing about PUBLIC benefit if you have to pay...
- pfdietz 3mo agoIt has to be sufficiently transformed. Simply scanning it doesn't qualify. The legal system by contrast is leaning toward training of AI as being sufficiently transformative.
- pfdietz 3mo agoDestroying your copy of a copyrighted work does not violate copyright.
- inigyou 3mo agoFormat shifting is allowed. Making copies isn't. By destroying the original, it's format shifting.
- pfdietz 3mo agoRight. But destroying a book even without making a copy is also allowed. It's very very common, in fact; something approaching a billion books are destroyed each year in the US.