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If big companies don't respect my privacy, then I'm not going to respect IP laws ...


I understand the sentiment but while big companies can break the law with impunity you certainly can't. Companies can ignore IP law and any other law they want and they will very likely profit from it, even if they manage to get caught and earn a tiny slap on the wrist. If you on the other hand break even a minor infraction the state will throw the book at you with everything they have, your criminal record will mean that you will struggle to get work and housing, and you can lose everything.


Then they disrespect IP laws on even bigger scale and use all of your code/text/images to train generative tools they sell for money. Can't stick it to them...


I suppose that you’ve got the case law to back up your assertions about disrespecting IP laws? Or is this just another case of a developer thinking that they know how the legal system works.


Commercial usage of content and all that jazz.


I asked the AI and it agrees with me on everything. Therefore I am so right.


I heard it is called “machine learning”, therefore we are legally bound to treat it like a human student.




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