Re:The New York Times Has Spent $10.8M in Its Legal Battle w...
by n0rdy on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @02:02PM
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I like following the OpenAI vs. NYT case, as it's a great example of the controversial situation:
- OpenAI created their models by parsing the internet by disregarding the copyrights, licenses, etc., or looking for a law loopholes
- by doing that, OpenAI (alongside others) developed a new progressive tool that is shaping the world, and seems to be the next “internet”-like (impact-wise) thing
- NYT is not happy about that, as their content is their main asset
- less democratic countries, can apply even less ethical practices for data mining, as the copyright laws don't work there, so one might claim that it's a question of national defense, considering the fact that AI is actively used in the miltech these days
- while the ethical part is less controversial (imho, as I'm with NYT there), the legal one is more complicated: the laws might simply say nothing about this use case (think GPL vs. AGPL license), so the world might need new ones.
- OpenAI created their models by parsing the internet by disregarding the copyrights, licenses, etc., or looking for a law loopholes
- by doing that, OpenAI (alongside others) developed a new progressive tool that is shaping the world, and seems to be the next “internet”-like (impact-wise) thing
- NYT is not happy about that, as their content is their main asset
- less democratic countries, can apply even less ethical practices for data mining, as the copyright laws don't work there, so one might claim that it's a question of national defense, considering the fact that AI is actively used in the miltech these days
- while the ethical part is less controversial (imho, as I'm with NYT there), the legal one is more complicated: the laws might simply say nothing about this use case (think GPL vs. AGPL license), so the world might need new ones.
And so on...