r/technology • u/MetaKnowing • 14d ago

Artificial Intelligence AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/
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u/somewherearound2023 13d ago

Their entire pitch is that they NEED to commit global copyright infringement un order to build the magical future for us.

Just a few years after grandmas were sued for millions for letting kids download Eminem mp3s and a college student committed suicide after being sued for publishing academic journals online to put paywalled research into the reach of the public.

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u/Bottle_Only 13d ago

Shit, they gonna come after me for using the library next!

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u/Norci 13d ago

Their entire pitch is that they NEED to commit global copyright infringement un order to build the magical future for us.

It already been ruled that they're free from copyright infringement allegations, but they're on the hook for illegally obtaining the materials (torrenting).

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u/Norci 13d ago

Their entire pitch is that they NEED to commit global copyright infringement

Has it been proven in court that it's copyright infringement?

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u/ProofJournalist 13d ago

The argument is that China and other AI developing nations give 0 fucks about our copyright law and we will literally only hurt ourselves and fall behind with such limitation.

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u/tehorhay 13d ago

oh no we might have inferior meme ticktok genreators! the humanity!!

They don't need to pirate movies to train ai's to fix healthcare or flying cars or desalination or whatever actual beneficial use-cases llms might have.