They’re both infringement, and no-one in authority cares about either. This is kind of the situation we collectively negotiated post-Napster. Piracy is allowed to exist as long as distribution isn’t being directly commercialized; it is only addressed in a piece-meal fashion by big publishers on a short-term basis for their critical first weeks.
Ripping a DVD isn’t copyright infringement. If the playback program caches the output video 500ms in advance, is it infringement? If my computer has any DRAM, is it infringement? If the law says it is, the law needs to change.
Yeah? I can make money off the information I pirate. Nobody asks, “Where did you learn that knot? Did you pay for Ashley’s Book Of Knots? Because if not, you’re in trouble!”
They’re both infringement, and no-one in authority cares about either. This is kind of the situation we collectively negotiated post-Napster. Piracy is allowed to exist as long as distribution isn’t being directly commercialized; it is only addressed in a piece-meal fashion by big publishers on a short-term basis for their critical first weeks.
Ripping a DVD isn’t copyright infringement. If the playback program caches the output video 500ms in advance, is it infringement? If my computer has any DRAM, is it infringement? If the law says it is, the law needs to change.
But the LLM companies do make money off the content it was trained on, no?
Yeah? I can make money off the information I pirate. Nobody asks, “Where did you learn that knot? Did you pay for Ashley’s Book Of Knots? Because if not, you’re in trouble!”