Authors Seek Meta's Torrent Client Logs and Seeding Data in AI Piracy Probe

Re:Authors Seek Meta's Torrent Client Logs and Seeding Data ... by dkjaudyeqooe on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @01:10AM (#42777101)

I think they'd ask why they'd want those millions of books. The publishers don't have to, and would be unlikely to, sell if they though something like copyright violation was the goal.

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Re:Authors Seek Meta's Torrent Client Logs and Seeding Data ... by Gud on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @01:21AM (#42777165)

Which would be fair. It’s not up to the tech oligopoly to dictate who gets to follow which laws.

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Re:Authors Seek Meta's Torrent Client Logs and Seeding Data ... by Yeul on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @09:12AM (#42780244)

We're talking about 19th century laws. I feel bad for the judge. Normally it would be for Congress to figure this shit out but yeah they haven't been doing their job for years.

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