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393 points pyman | 2 comments | 07 Jul 25 09:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.586s | source

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pyman ◴[07 Jul 25 09:20 UTC] No.44488332[source]▶

Anthropic's cofounder, Ben Mann, downloaded million copies of books from Library Genesis in 2021, fully aware that the material was pirated.

Stealing is stealing. Let's stop with the double standards.

x3n0ph3n3 ◴[07 Jul 25 10:45 UTC] No.44488816[source]▶

1. seydor ◴[07 Jul 25 13:54 UTC] No.44490404[source]▶

property infringement isn't either?

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2. eviks ◴[07 Jul 25 16:03 UTC] No.44491729[source]▶

If you infringe by destroying property, then yes, it's not stealing

Anthropic cut up millions of used books, and downloaded 7M pirated ones – judge