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• On the post: Indiana’s Lawsuit Against TikTok Fails As Well

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 06 Dec, 2023 @ 07:00am

  freedom

  Its not governments job to protect people from anything less than extreme harm. If you tell your people that tiktok may share data with Chinese entities and they choose to use it anyway thats their right to choose.

• On the post: Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2023 @ 08:17am

  lease

  At some point it starts to make more sense to just lease the car.

• On the post: Let’s Not Flip Sides On IP Maximalism Because Of AI

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 30 Nov, 2023 @ 04:49pm

  youre right and youre wrong

  "For one, AI models aren’t humans," True, but AI are tools that a human is using. If that human had the right to study a copyrighted work and learn from it then he also has the right to use an AI to study that work and learn from it. The AI has no rights and cannot break the law. It is the human using the AI that the law considers.

• On the post: Journalist Wins Defamation Suit Brought By Someone Who Didn’t Like Actual Facts Being Reported

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2023 @ 12:13pm

  doth protest too much

  "his assertion that it is “inherently improbable” that he would have “terroriz{ed]” the woman or that he would have engaged in “pedophilia” (a word that does not, in fact, appear in either the article or the email" Denying pedophilia when no one accused him of that..

• On the post: Sarah Silverman’s AI Case Isn’t Going Very Well Either

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2023 @ 08:17am

  depends on what you meant.

  If you mean using copyrighted material to train with is infringing then no. If you meant they used pirated copies then maybe, but no one has shown any evidence that ever happened.

• On the post: Sarah Silverman’s AI Case Isn’t Going Very Well Either

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2023 @ 04:06pm

  love this line

  The authors also argued that Llama itself is an infringing work. Chhabria said the theory “would have to mean that if you put the Llama language model next to Sarah Silverman’s book, you would say they’re similar.”

• On the post: New Israeli Law Makes Consuming ‘Terrorist’ Content A Criminal Offense

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2023 @ 04:04pm

  dont listen to them

  Basically once someone is put on a list its a crime to listen to what they have to say.

• On the post: Capcom: PC Game Mods Are Essentially Just Cheats By A Different Name

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2023 @ 04:30am

  not making sense to me

  From my experience mods are something the game maker made possible. If they code the game to allow mods, then how could it be cheating? If you wanted your game to not be moddable then just dont code for it.

• On the post: Wherein The Copia Institute Tells The Copyright Office There’s No Place For Copyright Law In AI Training

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2023 @ 08:44am

  AI isnt the publisher

  Of course AI cant publish anything. Its the owner of the AI that would be publishing content created by its AI tool.

• On the post: Wherein The Copia Institute Tells The Copyright Office There’s No Place For Copyright Law In AI Training

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2023 @ 08:15am

  already covered

  Its already infringement for a human to copy the animorphs series, so a human using AI to copy it would also be infringement.

• On the post: Wherein The Copia Institute Tells The Copyright Office There’s No Place For Copyright Law In AI Training

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2023 @ 07:54am

  its a tool

  Keep in mind that AI training is just a tool humans use to statistically analyze works freely available on the internet. If there was any infringing its not the AI doing it - its the human using the AI. Once past that you need to decide if the human is in fact violating any copyright laws in his use of the internet.

• On the post: Wherein The Copia Institute Tells The Copyright Office There’s No Place For Copyright Law In AI Training

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2023 @ 07:48am

  evidence not on record

  If you can show it illegally downloaded a copyrighted work then its infringement just the same as if you got caught downloading a song from a pirate website. But you havent shown that, and afaik it hasnt been shown in court.

• On the post: Wherein The Copia Institute Tells The Copyright Office There’s No Place For Copyright Law In AI Training

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2023 @ 02:24pm

  hear hear

  Copyright infringement has only ever been claimed against two things: 1. if someone's Final product is so like the copyrighted product that it is clearly copied from it. 2. if someone makes copies and distributes them without permission. Training isnt either of these. Only the final product can be infringement and only if you can show a side by side comparison of sameness.

• On the post: Will Clients Now Just Blame All Bad Lawyering On ChatGPT?

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2023 @ 12:27pm

  ineffective counsel

  Its up to the judge to rule whether counsel was ineffective and the fact that there was chatgpt is irrelevant. Stupid arguments, arguments that should have been made and werent - these are the things that make counsel ineffective. This is not a get out of jail card by any means.

• On the post: Judge Dismisses Most Of The First Of The Many ‘How Dare AI Train On My Material’ Lawsuits

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2023 @ 09:51am

  what is infringement?

  It will be interesting to see whether the mere act of training is infringement even before a final product is produced. Because if the training isnt infringement, then you will have to show the final product is LIKE the copyrighted work. A side by side comparison.

• On the post: Google Search Default Payments Seem To Be The Opposite Of What You’d Expect For A Monopoly

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2023 @ 07:40pm

  no way to know that

  Ok you can say google is a monopoly, but how were they supposed to make that determination themselves? Its not defined in law. This is like "oh but everyone knows they are a monopoly". That doesnt cut it legally. You have to first state for the record they are a monopoly, and from that point on they are limited.

• On the post: Google Search Default Payments Seem To Be The Opposite Of What You’d Expect For A Monopoly

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2023 @ 03:28pm

  its not illegal till you inform them they cant do that

  If its legal for anyone to pay to be the default then its not illegal for Google. You can declare them to be a monopoly and then tell them they cant do that anymore, but you cant declare them a monopoly and then fine them for paying to be default in the past. Thats ex post facto.

• On the post: The Utah Cookie Wars Are Over: Crumbl Settles Trademark Suit With Dirty Dough

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2023 @ 05:30am

  return information

  “as part of the case resolution, Dirty Dough returned the Crumbl information.." Ive always wondered how you return information. Presumably Crumbl never lost the recipe so how is it returned?

• On the post: BMG Settles With Toymaker Over Parody Song Used To Sell Pooping Unicorn Toys

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2023 @ 02:37pm

  result

  Although the terms of settlement arent public, whether or not they stopped using the song should indicate who won.

• On the post: BMG Settles With Toymaker Over Parody Song Used To Sell Pooping Unicorn Toys

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2023 @ 02:11pm

  the difference

  The purpose of copyright is to encourage creative works. I think parody for the purpose of entertainment is a gain for mankind whereas advertising is only a gain for the seller.

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