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Anthropic judge rejects $1.5B AI copyright settlement

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290 points nobody9999 | 5 comments | 09 Sep 25 08:46 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jawns ◴[09 Sep 25 19:02 UTC] No.45187038[source]▶
I'm an author, and I've confirmed that 3 of my books are in the 500K dataset.

Thus, I stand to receive about $9,000 as a result of this settlement.

I think that's fair, considering that two of those books received advances under $20K and never earned out. Also, while I'm sure that Anthropic has benefited from training its models on this dataset, that doesn't necessarily mean that those models are a lasting asset.

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shermozle ◴[09 Sep 25 22:25 UTC] No.45190184[source]▶
It's far from fair given that if _I_ breach copyright and get caught, I go to jail, not just pay a fine.
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dragonwriter ◴[09 Sep 25 23:04 UTC] No.45190669[source]▶
> It's far from fair given that if _I_ breach copyright and get caught, I go to jail, not just pay a fine.

This settlement has nothing to do with any criminal liability Anrhropic might have, only tort liability (and it doesn’t involves damages, not fines.)

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stingraycharles ◴[09 Sep 25 23:26 UTC] No.45190918[source]▶
Also, you can’t put a business in jail.
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echoangle ◴[09 Sep 25 23:41 UTC] No.45191068[source]▶
But you can put the people that made the decision or are responsible for it in jail (or prison).
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Draiken ◴[09 Sep 25 23:49 UTC] No.45191142{3}[source]▶
Isn't this wishful thinking? This basically never happens. Theory vs reality is very real.
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zzzeek ◴[10 Sep 25 00:12 UTC] No.45191362{4}[source]▶
Huh ? Ask Sam Bankman-Fried, ask Enron, people go to jail for corporate crime all the time, are you meaning just for copyright infringement?
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digdugdirk ◴[10 Sep 25 01:20 UTC] No.45191885{5}[source]▶
Please, name 5 more "big name" examples.
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1. OJFord ◴[10 Sep 25 01:29 UTC] No.45191960{6}[source]▶
Can you name 7 people that went to prison for non-corporate crimes that easily too?
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2. ◴[10 Sep 25 02:58 UTC] No.45192643[source]▶
3. immibis ◴[10 Sep 25 07:41 UTC] No.45194490[source]▶
John Doe McDrugUser 1

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John Doe McDrugUser 7

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4. OJFord ◴[10 Sep 25 14:14 UTC] No.45198015[source]▶
I am also aware that 7+ people have been imprisoned for drug-related offences, but it appears neither of us can name any of them off the top of our heads.
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5. pessimizer ◴[10 Sep 25 16:04 UTC] No.45199702{3}[source]▶
This is an LLM-level misunderstanding of the answer you were given. This may be astonishing, but I've known at least seven people personally who have seen the inside of a cell for drug possession, use, or sales. The fact that I'm not going to list their names here is not evidence that I cannot name them.

You should google "actor arrested for drugs." I think you may find the seven names you need. Or 700.