Tech trade groups CTA and CCIA back Anthropic's appeal of a court ruling allowing a copyright class action, fearing big settlements could chill AI investment
AI industry groups are urging an appeals court to block what they say is the largest copyright class action ever certified.
There's a very interesting thread of this, in that it's been ruled legal/fair use to train if you scan a hard copy and then destroy it, but a copyright violation if you pirate a digital edition. The physical retains first sale doctrine ownership. Digital, not. — arstechnica.c…
The crux of their argument is that if they're found liable, then the consequences of their own actions that no one forced them to take could ruin them and the rest of their industry that undertakes similar practices. — To which I say motherfucker did you never hear about Napste…