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Not copyright but illegal data access and service use.
In exactly what respect is it illegal. Keeping in mind that "not complying with a corporation's policies" is not the same as breaking the law.
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Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI
#62It's a project that lets you piggyback off of others' ChatGPT API keys without their permission? If so, then it seems like it would violate both OpenAI's ToS as well as the ToS for any site that is being used as a proxy. And is this a DMCA takedown? It's not actually specified in the readme update and I would have thought that the repo would have been hidden by now if it was one. Plus I'm not sure what they'd be clai…
I mean... I know this isn't legally the same, but OpenAI has sold a repackaged version of all of our data, too.
Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI
#63Are they really private APIs if they are accessible to the public in some form that can be reverse engineered?
Is the gas in the car you parked publicly really yours ("private") if there is a way to siphon it out?
Just because there is a way to obtain a resource doesn't make it yours automatically..
Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI
#64Looks like it was a “paywall bypass” for GPT-3.5/GPT-4 through vulnerable third parties. DMCA forbids access control circumvention, among other things, so seems like a takedown is expected.
But isn't DMCA about protecting copyrighted content? And the copyright to ChatGPT responses must belong to the one who have asked a question because ChatGPT is just a tool. Whoever is using the tool should own the copyright on replies.
IANAL, not even US Person, but 17 USC ss 1201 (a)(1)(A) states: "No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title. ...".
Is "work" defined anywhere by law or by precedents? I just genuinely don't know. It seems to me that depending on that, the OpenAI API might be considered "work" just like a copyrighted manuscript. I'd also think there must be some other laws forbidding hacking, but DMCA must have a fast track everywhere.
Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI
#65Not to be confused with gpt4all https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all which is a "free" GPT LLM. It seems this gpt4free was basically hijacking 3rd parties services that use GPT-4, bypassing the official OpenAI APIs in order to avoid paying for inference. Of course, that means that the hijacked 3rd parties are the ones footing the bill... I'm not surprised they have been issued a takedown notice.
> Of course, that means that the hijacked 3rd parties are the ones footing the bill... A bit like we are footing the bill for openai's training data.
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#66Are they really private APIs if they are accessible to the public in some form that can be reverse engineered?
Exactly. This is ytdownloader all over again.
Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI
#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
In exactly what respect is it illegal. Keeping in mind that "not complying with a corporation's policies" is not the same as breaking the law.
What part of "private API" is the one you don't understand? We could elaborate.
These are the exact same “private API”s your browser utilizes when visiting chat.openai.com and require your own API keys granted to you by OpenAI.
Calling it illegal is utterly insane. It’s just a different user-agent and they’d prefer people use their official ones. OpenAI literally controls the keys so if they don’t want someone using an alternate mechanism, they can and will just ban the account.
Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI
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Releasing code to use undocumented APIs is speech, and is regulated as such You have to run the code to violate the terms of use, which is primarily used to bar you from the service for misusing it.
Time and time again. You are protected in your speech from the government . Commercial law does and will still apply. Arbitrary company decisions happen all the time, and GitHub makes it clear that they won’t refrain from deleting repos for whatever reason.
Well that's not correct.
You are actually very protected in documenting security flaws, and even republishing them.
I am unsure of who you think enforces laws... as far as I know OpenAI doesn't have their own police force yet.
They can sue you of course, but they generally can't demand compliance with takedowns in this case without first going to a judge and requesting a court order.
There is no "commercial law" unless you mean UCC.. which doesn't apply here.
Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI
#69This project is designed to allow people to use ChatGPT via reversed engineered private APIs. It's not surprising they went after this. Here's the project description from the README: Have you ever come across some amazing projects that you couldn't use just because you didn't have an OpenAI API key? We've got you covered! This repository offers reverse-engineered third-party APIs for GPT-4/3.5, sourced from various…
Releasing code to use undocumented APIs is speech, and is regulated as such You have to run the code to violate the terms of use, which is primarily used to bar you from the service for misusing it.
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