Meta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violations

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• Thalestr@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If Meta gets away with this or gets off lightly, I’d love for this to set a future legal precedent for future piracy cases.

  Unless they just straight up want to say “Piracy and copyright laws only apply to poor people” in a court of law.

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  • TanyaJLaird@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have no idea what you’re talking about. I don’t pirate media. I’m just slowly gathering a collection of AI training data.

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    • Railcar8095@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My AI is enjoying a lot Severance. Very recommend… For training porpoises.

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  • jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    na, they’ll just say it doesn’t apply to companies because no clear pleb to pin it on.

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  • Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We already have precedent. They need to be fined the same rate as the Napster cases.

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  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If When

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• sxan@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Arrests? Like for other copyright violators?

  Oh, lordy. This is a fight I really hope happens. Meta vs the combined DMCA lobby.

  Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease

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  • shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Image

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  • verdare@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Meta vs the combined DMCA lobby

    One of those fights where I’m rooting for both sides to lose.

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  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Copyright violation doesn’t get you arrested.

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    • sxan@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It does if you do it a lot and then resell it. Which is what happened to a bunch of people in the days of Napster, and is exactly what these fuckers are doing.

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• OneRedFox@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m going to be so pissed if this AI bullshit ends up drawing too much attention to the best shadow libraries and they get bopped because of it.

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  • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And the only one with a backup is Facebook.

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• painfulasterisk1@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Quick, fine them exactly in the same manner as a regular Joe would’ve been, plus take into account that he used them for financial gains.

  Judge got it give me 1/2 a push-up.

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• CCMan1701A@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This court case is why the US government needed to invest billions into AI. Cover the legal fees. /s

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• SabinStargem@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Can’t say I feel bad about this, nor for piracy. IMO, copyright shouldn’t be a thing, or least limited to a small chunk of a human lifespan.

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