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

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397 points pyman | 1 comments | 07 Jul 25 09:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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pyman ◴[07 Jul 25 10:04 UTC] No.44488595[source]▶
These are the people shaping the future of AI? What happened to all the ethical values they love to preach about?

We've held China accountable for counterfeiting products for decades and regulated their exports. So why should Anthropic be allowed to export their products and services after engaging in the same illegal activity?

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1. carlosjobim ◴[07 Jul 25 15:50 UTC] No.44491613[source]▶
Why is it unethical of them to use the information in all these books? They are clearly not reselling the books in any way, shape, or form. The information itself in a book can never be copyrighted. You can also publish and sell material where you quote other books within it.