dwazou@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoPaul McCartney and Dua Lipa urge UK Prime Minister to rethink his AI copyright plans. A new law could soon allow AI companies to use copyrighted material without permission. www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square284fedilinkarrow-up1918arrow-down121
arrow-up1897arrow-down1external-linkPaul McCartney and Dua Lipa urge UK Prime Minister to rethink his AI copyright plans. A new law could soon allow AI companies to use copyrighted material without permission. www.theguardian.comdwazou@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square284fedilink
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·1 day agoTechnically it was never illegal in the US to download copywritten content. It was illegal to distribute them. That was literally Meta’s defence in court: they didn’t seed any downloads.
minus-squareutopiah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day ago they didn’t seed any downloads So Meta, 100% leeching.
Technically it was never illegal in the US to download copywritten content. It was illegal to distribute them. That was literally Meta’s defence in court: they didn’t seed any downloads.
So Meta, 100% leeching.