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Again, that an opinion that will need to be tested in the courts.

You will have to explain why Hunter Thompson copying every word of every Hemingway novel isn't copyright infringement, but a computer doing the same is.




Three things:

1. Humans are not machines; arguments saying because a human can learn LLMs must be allowed to copy is not interesting.

2. Did Thompson publish the work? It sounds like you're referring to an activity Thompson did in private, to improve his skills as an author. Meanwhile, lawsuits are alleging that LLM services reproduce copyrighted materials.

3. What can be fair use at small scale is no longer fair use at large scale.


If you think that pretraining is copying then your opinions are irrelevant.


If you think courts follow your personal opinion and technical definition, you're silly. The reality is we don't yet know how the courts will decide.


> Hunter Thompson copying every word of every Hemingway novel isn't copyright infringement

I make a high-res photo of a banknote. I can print that out at home. The bad stuff starts at the step after that...


Try importing it in photoshop and report your findings back.


No-one would possibly think of using GIMP instead...

https://www.reddit.com/r/graphic_design/comments/ah9s8n/trie...




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