Voyager@psychedelia.ink to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGeorge R.R. Martin and other authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringementwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1579arrow-down127cross-posted to: aicompanions@lemmy.worldartificial_intel@lemmy.mltech@kbin.social
arrow-up1552arrow-down1external-linkGeorge R.R. Martin and other authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringementwww.theverge.comVoyager@psychedelia.ink to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square151fedilinkcross-posted to: aicompanions@lemmy.worldartificial_intel@lemmy.mltech@kbin.social
minus-squarelloram239@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoAn “abstract copy” of a text is perfectly legal, e.g. Wikipedia Plot synopsis. Even verbatim copies can be legal. Google had a lawsuit about this when they were doing their book scanning project and they won. It’s fair use. And that was copying, word for word, GPT just gather some vague ideas of the work, it doesn’t store or has access to actual copies.
An “abstract copy” of a text is perfectly legal, e.g. Wikipedia Plot synopsis. Even verbatim copies can be legal.
Google had a lawsuit about this when they were doing their book scanning project and they won. It’s fair use. And that was copying, word for word, GPT just gather some vague ideas of the work, it doesn’t store or has access to actual copies.