I mean.. it also sends the message that you can ignore the law if you're rich. $1.5B is like a single failed training run for Anthropic. They burn that in a long weekend because somebody forgot to abort a hyper parameter search.
It’s like you can ignore the law if you have a great idea that works out. Lots of people have ended up doing it. Uber did it for a long time. Musk, did it with the sale of Tesla cars. There are a bunch of examples from outside of the US as well.
I want it to happen again. Copyright is important but I want someone that does tremendous good to be able to fall into a grey area where they’re given a free pass. But only on a case by case basis. Keep the lines fuzzy. That way we get to defend copyright but someone extraordinary also has a ray of hope of getting away with subverting it.
1. Some people want that, with good reason.
2. There's incredible value in what they stole.
3. IANAL, but I don't believe "but now everyone can write like a terrible version of the writer we fleeced" is a valid legal defense.
> stole
Copying is not theft.
AFAICT it is if you're not a trillion dollar company.
https://youtu.be/ALZZx1xmAzg?si=ugquA7uKT3ABGdws
I mean.. it also sends the message that you can ignore the law if you're rich. $1.5B is like a single failed training run for Anthropic. They burn that in a long weekend because somebody forgot to abort a hyper parameter search.
Obviously exaggerating.. but not by much.
I mean, you can mostly. That's apparent all over. Money buys freedom.
It’s like you can ignore the law if you have a great idea that works out. Lots of people have ended up doing it. Uber did it for a long time. Musk, did it with the sale of Tesla cars. There are a bunch of examples from outside of the US as well.
That sounds like an oligarchy. Especially if "great" is measured in dollars rather than public good.
Aaron Swartz also intended to offer incredible value for what he took, AND for no personal profit.
... and I don't think people wanted him chased for it either?
Abolish copyright then. The selective enforcement needs to stop.
This is my point too. This fucking double standard/class discrimination pisses me off.
That’s the difference between breaking the law as an individual and doing it as a corporation.
Yeah, man, sure they cleaned out the vault, but the valuable insights gained for how to keep it from happening again are priceless!
I want it to happen again. Copyright is important but I want someone that does tremendous good to be able to fall into a grey area where they’re given a free pass. But only on a case by case basis. Keep the lines fuzzy. That way we get to defend copyright but someone extraordinary also has a ray of hope of getting away with subverting it.
> Keep the lines fuzzy. That way we get to defend copyright but someone extraordinary also has a ray of hope of getting away with subverting it.
That's a very charitable way of saying "someone with deep enough pockets can ignore the law and get away with it."