Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoAI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certifiedarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
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minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·16 days agoCopyright companies losing the case wouldn’t make copyright any shorter.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoTheir winning of the case reinforces a harmful precedent. At the very least, the claims of those members of the class that are based on >20-year copyrights should be summarily rejected.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoCopyright owners winning the case maintains the status quo. The AI companies winning the case means anything leaked on the internet or even just hosted by a company can be used by anyone, including private photos and communication.
Copyright companies losing the case wouldn’t make copyright any shorter.
Their winning of the case reinforces a harmful precedent.
At the very least, the claims of those members of the class that are based on >20-year copyrights should be summarily rejected.
Copyright owners winning the case maintains the status quo.
The AI companies winning the case means anything leaked on the internet or even just hosted by a company can be used by anyone, including private photos and communication.