Meta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violations
Meta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violations
Did they think they could get away with it?

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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.
72 0 ReplyI have no idea what you're talking about. I don't pirate media. I'm just slowly gathering a collection of AI training data.
45 0 ReplyMy AI is enjoying a lot Severance. Very recommend... For training porpoises.
3 0 ReplyExactly. Of course, I need to make sure the files are appropriate for AI training, so it's imperative that I review the media in its entirety first.
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na, they'll just say it doesn't apply to companies because no clear pleb to pin it on.
16 0 ReplyI’ll just spin up an llc and do all of my torrenting for market research
10 0 ReplyLLCs are plebs. You need a corporation to not be a pleb and it needs to be registered in Delaware.
6 0 ReplyThat isn't hard to do.
One needs high priced lawyers.
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We already have precedent. They need to be fined the same rate as the Napster cases.
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