Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude
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Re: Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude
#2that number is missing a zero or two in front of the decimal point
Re: Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude
#3Maybe they can give it in the form of expiring Fable credits.
Re: Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude
#4To be clear, the issue is not that the books were used to train Claude, but that they were pirated.
Re: Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude
#5that number is missing a zero or two in front of the decimal point
As was pointed out, the settlement is for piracy, not training. They had already ruled that Anthropic's use of copyrighted material for training fell within fair use.
As such, if you pirated a book and had to pay $3000 for that one instance, I don't think you'd like it if I said you should have paid $30K or $300K instead. If anything, this is analogous to the ridiculous fines people had to pay when pirating music.
(Not that I'm complaining...)
Re: Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude
#6Maybe they can give it in the form of expiring Fable credits.
So that the authors can use it to write their next books!
Re: Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude
#7Seems squarely in the "cost of doing business" category
Re: Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude
#8I sincerely don't understand what the point of these laws are, when the cost of flagrant violations is no more than a slap on the wrist -- these really meager sums that serve as nothing more than something to point at and say "Look, we did something!"
Cover-your-ass strategy, and nothing more. Who, besides the ones at fault, are ever happy with these mean-nothing fines?
The justice system really needs an overhaul with how it tackles "justice" between the wealthy, the connected, the corporations, and the rest. Though I am unsure what that would look like. Minimum net wealth per category of infraction across the board?
Edit: grammar
Re: Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude
#9I sincerely don't understand what the point of these laws are, when the cost of flagrant violations is no more than a slap on the wrist -- these really meager sums that serve as nothing more than something to point at and say "Look, we did something!" Cover-your-ass strategy, and nothing more. Who, besides the ones at fault, are ever happy with these mean-nothing fines? The justice system really needs an overhaul wit…
Punishable by fine just means it's legal for a cost. If the fine is less than the profit then they'll pay the fine every time.
Re: Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude
#10I sincerely don't understand what the point of these laws are, when the cost of flagrant violations is no more than a slap on the wrist -- these really meager sums that serve as nothing more than something to point at and say "Look, we did something!" Cover-your-ass strategy, and nothing more. Who, besides the ones at fault, are ever happy with these mean-nothing fines? The justice system really needs an overhaul wit…
Because using pirated material is a civil issue, not a criminal offence?