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German court: ChatGPT violated copyright law by ‘learning’ from song lyrics
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2025
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GEMA stands for “Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte” which means “Society for Musical Performing and Mechanical Reproduction Rights” in English. So if it’s not music they won’t care
But the court rulings / precedence wouldn't care about that distinction, it just covers learning from copyrighted material in general.
No idea about that, not a lawyer. However I think a big part is that ChatGPT would just spit out full lyrics. If you were to recreate the textbook from memory and post them online, you’d probably be in trouble too