u_tamtam comments on AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

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[–] u_tamtam@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's pretty simple: if Antropic wins, that's the end of the US copyright law, replaced by the diktat of the tech bros (worse for artists, and for anyone else but the tech oligarchs). If Antropic loses, nothing changes and we get to fight the (comparatively tiny) copyright mafia for another day.

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

if i understand us law procedures correctly it could actually strengthen copyright law by becoming a precedent

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[–] u_tamtam@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

In which way do you expect this to strengthen copyright laws? Also, from the article, it reads like Anthropic implicitly admits to copyright infringement, and that their defence essentially boils down to "if you prosecute us, we will go bankrupt". I don't see how that flies, but then again, IANAL :-)

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 point 1 year ago

i don't know, but there have been cases in other areas where failure to convict have basically become grounds for not prosecuting those cases. again, i don't know much about common law, it's not used here.

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