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Re:David Attenborough is now narrating my life by twoodfin on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @06:47PM (#38284031)
I believe the answer is almost certainly yes under current law.

Whenever the topic of copying material for model training purposes arises on hn, however, a number of folks seem convinced such use falls under the rubric of “transformative” and will be considered fair use.

Re:David Attenborough is now narrating my life by yesco on Thursday November 16, 2023 @10:25AM (#38290681)
Do you just believe this or was this tested in court yet? I haven't been following the various lawsuits on this issue closely but I had thought that, so far, they were leaning towards fair use.
Re:David Attenborough is now narrating my life by twoodfin on Thursday November 16, 2023 @08:05PM (#38297934)
I believe it, and I don’t think it’s been significantly tested.

It’s hard to see how mixing (copying!) a bunch of books into a computer algorithm to produce (commercially!) content that might itself easily be incorporated into a book in the same market could possibly be fair use.