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And once again, Meta is torrenting stuff to train their AI. what is $350M to meta? that's just cost of doing business. Fine them based on a percentage of their profits, not a fixed amount.
... 9 tb of porn to train.... what kind of AI needs that much porn?
(I can't imagine they need that much porn. no one... needs that much porn.)
Assuming:
- 18 Mbps files
- 60 minute long films
That would be about 1,100 pornos. However, the 9 TB is from an unrelated case; it's not alleged here (at least) that it's porn. 1,100 samples would not be much for training an image or movie generating model from scratch, but 9 TB would represent a vast amount more data if it were text for books (which the other case was about), and that would probably have represented more like a significant chunk of the amount you'd need to train a language model.
Fine them a percentage of their market cap. That'll make Zuck think twice when shareholders are grabbing torches and pitchforks.
You understand the design. It was deliberate.
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
Fine Meta, sure, but also fine everyone who suggested it, did it, supported it, or knew about it. People need to be held personally responsible for illegal actions they do when acting on behalf of a company. Like all the people who knew about issues with the Boeing planes. Also, fines should be based off earnings, not just profits. If you stole something from me, sold it for 1 million and then paid yourself 999k as a sellers fee, why should I get just a percentage of the remainder? I should get all of what you earned and then some to make up for the fact I was stolen from. I don't care that you already spent the 999k. It's mine and belongs to me. Maybe then investors would care more about the scruples of the companies they are flooding with cash.
Worst leechers ever.
Isn't strike 3 just a copyright troll?
this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2026
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