Judge Rules Training AI on Authors' Books Is Legal But Pirating Them Is Not

Jason Koebler / 404media - A judge rules that Anthropic's training on copyrighted works without authors' permission was a legal fair use, but that stealing the books in the first place is illegal.

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Judge Rules AI Companies Can Use Some Copyrighted Works to Fuel Their Sludge https://gizmodo.com/judge-finds-ai-companies-can-use-some-copyrighted-works-to-fuel-their-sludge-2000619677

8 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

The headline part of the ruling sucks but this buried at the end part is good: ""That Anthropic later bought a copy of a book it earlier stole off the internet will not absolve it of liability for the theft, but it may affect the extent of statu

8 months / bsky / @criminalerin.bsky.social / criminalerin.bsky.social

Judge Rules AI Companies Can Use Some Copyrighted Works to Fuel Their Sludge

8 months / gizmodo / Lucas Ropek

Courts say AI training on copyrighted material is legal

8 months / appleinsider

Judge rules Anthropic's AI training on copyrighted materials is fair use

8 months / engadget / Anna Washenko

Anthropic won a fair use hearing that could end up being a defeat

8 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

A federal judge sides with Anthropic in lawsuit over training AI on books without authors’ permission

8 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Judge rules Anthropic did not violate authors' copyrights with AI book training

8 months / cnbc

Anthropic Scores a Landmark AI Copyright Win—but Will Face Trial Over Piracy Claims

8 months / wired / Kate Knibbs

Judge Rules Training AI on Authors' Books Is Legal But Pirating Them Is Not

8 months / 404media / Jason Koebler

A federal judge sides with Anthropic in lawsuit over training AI on books without authors’ permission

8 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Anthropic wins a major fair use victory for AI — but it’s still in trouble for stealing books

8 months / theverge / Emma Roth

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