alt Hacker NewsWhy LLM companies that depended on Anna's archive end up so clean ? Looks like Anna's archive was doing the dirty work, and the LLM companies were reaping the profits (and ironically still do, as they hold the largest databases of pirated content in the world).
Is it because the law doesn't apply to you when you have 1B USD ?
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tim333 • yesterday at 4:50 PM
You can make an argument that training an LLM on something is not the same as copying it in the same way that your brain is not in breach of copyright for having watched a Disney movie. I'm not sure of the rights and wrongs of that but it complicates legal action.
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TiredOfLife • yesterday at 4:41 PM
Distribution. Anna's archive actively distributes the pirated material. LLM companies don't.
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While that may be the case it’s hard to make this claim when: - Anthropic settled a similar case - Anna didn’t show up in court