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Re:The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It by jefftk on Saturday October 07, 2023 @06:38AM (#37800592)
In Europe: no. Training ML systems doesn't require a license.

In the US: we don't know yet. The law is not clear, and there are lots of suits in progress.

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Re:The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It by michaelmrose on Saturday October 07, 2023 @01:21PM (#37803583)
You misunderstand. They copied the literal image from facebooks computers to their own to train with.
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Re:The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It by jefftk on Saturday October 07, 2023 @01:31PM (#37803668)
And that may be permitted under fair use. It is not yet settled law in the US.
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Re:The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It by michaelmrose on Saturday October 07, 2023 @02:40PM (#37804344)
Under what theory would they be granted fair use for commercial use of images illegally acquired from a third party and ultimately jacked from people who they have no business relationship with?
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