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Re:Facebook is aggressively going after LLaMA repos with DMCA's by pygy_ on Friday March 24, 2023 @08:52AM (#35288373)
IANAL, but I don't think the DMCA applies. Copyright applies to creative work, and model weights aren't that.

It is however my understanding that downloading them can be considered a misappropriation of a trade secret.

Folks that would contest the bogus DMCA takedown requests would be liable to a trade secret suit.

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Re:Facebook is aggressively going after LLaMA repos with DMCA's by rvnx on Friday March 24, 2023 @09:07AM (#35288524)
archive.org may be the legal solution ?
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Re:Facebook is aggressively going after LLaMA repos with DMCA's by UncleEntity on Friday March 24, 2023 @10:01AM (#35289179)
You can’t just assert “this is a secret” and force people you have no contractual relationship with to comply with your assertion.

IMHO, not a lawyer.

The person who leaked the weights on BitTorrent is definitely liable for violating whatever restrictions they agreed to to get access to them though.

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