It’s where the (incorrect) perception that anything posted online is ‘Fair Use’; an argument now conveniently used by AI companies to justify their wholesale theft of copyrighted works for training models.
It’s where the (incorrect) perception that anything posted online is ‘Fair Use’; an argument now conveniently used by AI companies to justify their wholesale theft of copyrighted works for training models.
Yes, "fair use" has to be one of the most ill-understood (and abused) legal concepts in existence. People who just couldn't be bothered to put in a bit of effort act as though "fair use" is something just floating out there in the ether that "applies" to them. They assume they can say "well, I'm using my writing to educate, so it's fair use to paste this nice artwork I didn't create into my Google AdSense-enabled blog," without understanding that fair use is merely a legal defense one can argue for in a copyright infringement case. It is up to a JUDGE to determine whether or not reuse of an image is "fair use" -- not the individual reusing the image.
Sam Altman and co. didn't get the memo either. Or chose not to.
It’s where the (incorrect) perception that anything posted online is ‘Fair Use’; an argument now conveniently used by AI companies to justify their wholesale theft of copyrighted works for training models.
Yes, "fair use" has to be one of the most ill-understood (and abused) legal concepts in existence. People who just couldn't be bothered to put in a bit of effort act as though "fair use" is something just floating out there in the ether that "applies" to them. They assume they can say "well, I'm using my writing to educate, so it's fair use to paste this nice artwork I didn't create into my Google AdSense-enabled blog," without understanding that fair use is merely a legal defense one can argue for in a copyright infringement case. It is up to a JUDGE to determine whether or not reuse of an image is "fair use" -- not the individual reusing the image.
Sam Altman and co. didn't get the memo either. Or chose not to.