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Yep, copyright doesn't apply to AI generated content.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-rejects-copyrights-ai-generated-art-lacking-human-creator-2025-03-18/#%3A%7E%3Atext=U.S.+Circuit+Judge+Patricia+Millett+wrote+for%2Cthe+first+instance+by+a+human+being.%22
(edit: the original book copyright would still apply however... So would only be public domain if the book itself was also public domain)
How about I spin up an AI model that outputs a near 1:1 copy of the training data?
Does that circumvent the copyright?
Duno, probably to some extent, similarly to how remixes of music sometimes have to pay royalties to the source of the sample if it's recognisable...?
Actually would probably be more similar to the George Carlin AI impersonation lawsuit , but they settled, so idk.
free AI read audiobooks coming up
you couldn’t pay me to listen to an AI narrated book
Me too: there's just something about how repetitive thier cadence can be, and putting random infections and stresses on words where it doesn't make sense.