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-square323fedilinkarrow-up1945arrow-down124
arrow-up1921arrow-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-square323fedilink
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·2 days 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-up12·2 days 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.