alt Hacker NewsThe judge is claiming that because the use is of the books are “so transformative,” the usage of these books to train an llm is fair use.
I’m not familiar with the facts of the case and IANAL, and its late, but how did the plaintiffs determine their books were being used for training of the llm? Was the model spitting out language that was similar or verbatim to their works?
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> but how did the plaintiffs determine their books were being used for training of the llm?
I think facebook admited this. I don't think the fact of this is under dispute.
>The judge is claiming that because the use is of the books are “so transformative,” the usage of these books to train an llm is fair use.
"you're doing something so critical to our (country's) success, that we're ok to waive copyright. I get that, if the US doesn't do it, then China will(is).
Interesting judgement, and it's implications, if you are correct haha.
> The judge is claiming that because the use is of the books are “so transformative,” the usage of these books to train an llm is fair use.
Maybe I'm mistaken but shouldn't the source come from a legal source ? This is not public domain material.
Again if I download the entire works of HBO tv shows, then make a "transformative" version on my iphone, how can that be considered fair use?