melp@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 months agoMeta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violationswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1275arrow-down10
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minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up46·2 months agoArrests? Like for other copyright violators? Oh, lordy. This is a fight I really hope happens. Meta vs the combined DMCA lobby. Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease
minus-squareverdare [he/him]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months ago Meta vs the combined DMCA lobby One of those fights where I’m rooting for both sides to lose.
minus-squarethingsiplay@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoCopyright violation doesn’t get you arrested.
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoIt 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.
minus-squarethingsiplay@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s because they had not the money to pay for.
Arrests? Like for other copyright violators?
Oh, lordy. This is a fight I really hope happens. Meta vs the combined DMCA lobby.
Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease
One of those fights where I’m rooting for both sides to lose.
Copyright violation doesn’t get you arrested.
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.
That’s because they had not the money to pay for.