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Well its not like copyright was invented last year...

• parineum 2mo ago
  They was a really good chance they wouldn't have gotten caught before when LLMs were less successful. It was their success that got them caught. Now, if they continued pirating, they'd definitely get caught and the judgements against them would reflect their repeated transgressions.
  • freejazz 2mo ago
    There was no judgment against them, it was a settlement and against only Anthropic. They asked their attorneys and they knew it was wrong. I have no sympathy for them. It's an insane kind of hubris to do what they did, thinking it would change the world, and that no one would notice what they did. So I don't even really agree with your characterization, as they were convinced what they were doing was a risk worth taking, on the assumption it would be successful.
    • parineum 2mo ago
      You're making a lot more assumptions on the inner workings of other people's minds than I am. I lot of startups do a lot of shady things before they get big because most of them just flounder out. The ones that make it just deal with those problems later. Then, if they make it, they deal with those problems later. Look at Uber, AirBnB, all of these scooter companies, etc. They all just do the thing and deal with it later. "Move fast and break things" includes laws.
      • freejazz 2mo ago
        >You're making a lot more assumptions on the inner workings of other people's minds than I am. Am I? It's not when its what they publish. Suddenly everyone at Anthropic isn't a believer when it came to their decision that resulted in a 1.5B settlement... But the rest of the time? Oh, well, there the most serious folk out there. >They all just do the thing and deal with it later. "Move fast and break things" includes laws. Okay, and? So these other companies aren't knowingly breaking the law? They are. That's exactly what "move fast and break things means"