OpenAI's justification for why training data is fair use, not infringement [pdf]

Re:OpenAI's justification for why training data is fair use,... by ang_cire on Friday October 06, 2023 @04:33PM (#37796014)

No, I am actually reading OpenAI's PDF linked here, where they say they make a copy of the online corpa to train on, right at the top of page 2:

> By analyzing large corpora (which necessarily involves first making copies of the data to be analyzed

Whether they retain that later is immaterial to whether copyright infringement occurred. Deleting a movie you illegally downloaded after you watch (train on) it doesn't make it legal.

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Re:OpenAI's justification for why training data is fair use,... by troupe on Saturday October 07, 2023 @03:22PM (#37804682)

I agree with you. What I'm trying to differentiate is between the way you obtain a book and whether training an LLM on a book that you own the rights to read should be considered copyright infringement.

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Re:OpenAI's justification for why training data is fair use,... by ang_cire on Monday October 09, 2023 @02:20AM (#37817460)

Unless the license you have for the book includes rights for commercial usage, it should be illegal to train a model that is being used for business, imo. In terms of individuals training models for their own personal use, I think that becomes much more tough to answer, but that's not really cropping up in the legal fights.

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