Hacker News with Generative AI: Fair Use

The U.S. Copyright Office's Draft Report on AI Training Errs on Fair Use (eff.org)
Within the next decade, generative AI could join computers and electricity as one of the most transformational technologies in history, with all of the promise and peril that implies.

Copyright, Artificial Intelligence, Law, Generative AI, Fair Use

11 points by mdp2021 7 days ago | 5 comments

Judge on Meta's AI training: "I just don't understand how that can be fair use" (arstechnica.com)
"You have companies using copyright-protected material to create a product that is capable of producing an infinite number of competing products,' Chhabria said. 'You are dramatically changing, you might even say obliterating, the market for that person's work, and you're saying that you don't even have to pay a license to that person.'"

Artificial Intelligence, Law, Copyright, Fair Use

19 points by mikece 21 days ago | 0 comments

Training AI Using 'Pirated' Content Can Be Fair Use, Law Professors Argue (torrentfreak.com)
A group of prominent intellectual property law professors has weighed in on the high-stakes AI copyright battle between several authors and Meta. In an amicus brief, the scholars argue that using copyrighted content as training data can be considered fair use under U.S. copyright law, if the goal is to create a new and 'transformative' tool. This suggests that fair use could potentially apply to Meta's training process, even if the underlying data was obtained without permission.

Artificial Intelligence, Copyright Law, Fair Use, Legal Cases

26 points by isaacfrond 51 days ago | 22 comments

Suchir's Essay on Fair Use (suchir.net)
While generative models rarely produce outputs that are substantially similar to any of their training inputs, the process of training a generative model involves making copies of copyrighted data. If these copies are unauthorized, this could potentially be considered copyright infringement, depending on whether or not the specific use of the model qualifies as “fair use”. Because fair use is determined on a case-by-case basis, no broad statement can be made about when generative AI qualifies for fair use.

Generative AI, Copyright Law, Fair Use

45 points by hgarg 161 days ago | 14 comments

When does generative AI qualify for fair use? (suchir.net)
While generative models rarely produce outputs that are substantially similar to any of their training inputs, the process of training a generative model involves making copies of copyrighted data. If these copies are unauthorized, this could potentially be considered copyright infringement, depending on whether or not the specific use of the model qualifies as “fair use”. Because fair use is determined on a case-by-case basis, no broad statement can be made about when generative AI qualifies for fair use.

Generative AI, Copyright, Fair Use, Law

9 points by miles 211 days ago | 1 comments

Hachette vs. Internet Archive: We're Still Fighting for Fair Use (libraryfutures.net)
The Second District Court of New York delivered a blow to fair use in the Hachette v. Internet Archive case, finding in favor of the plaintiffs on all four factors and upholding the lower court’s decision.

Fair Use, Copyright, Lawsuits, Libraries, Digital Rights

51 points by MrVandemar 245 days ago | 68 comments

Fair Source licensing is the worst thing to happen to open source-definitely ma (2016) (archive.org)

Open Source, Licensing, Fair Use

22 points by todsacerdoti 271 days ago | 10 comments

Jimmy Kimmel's Use of George Santos' Cameo Videos Found to Be Fair Use (techdirt.com)

Fair Use, Copyright, Law, Celebrities, Media

11 points by hn_acker 276 days ago | 0 comments

Federal Appeals Court Rules Fair Use May Be Narrowed to Serve Hollywood Profits (eff.org)

Law, Copyright, Fair Use, Entertainment, Media

63 points by aspenmayer 294 days ago | 13 comments

Win for copyright user rights in Canada: Digital locks do not trump fair dealing (michaelgeist.ca)