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Re:OpenAI wil crush Sarah Silverman by jyxent on Monday July 31, 2023 @02:51PM (#36947148)
If they're using pirated books, haven't they already committed copyright infringement by keeping these copies? The model itself might be transformative, but I think that is a separate issue.

If the companies had bought all of the ebooks, then they might be in the clear.

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Re:OpenAI wil crush Sarah Silverman by andybak on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:15PM (#36948936)
But even given that, does that transfer on to the AI model itself?

Or is it "you did a bad thing in the process of making another thing but we can only punish the initial act"

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