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I'm still remembering the Draconian rulings the courts handed down against non-commercial "file sharers" in the 00s. So I cannot but marvel at how flexible they are towards the interests of capital. Altman's "right to learn" argument was quickly picked up, setting a potentially major precedent. "Authors’ complaint is no different than it would be if they complained that training schoolchildren to write well would result in an explosion of competing works,” Judge Alsup writes, adding that the Copyright Act “seeks to advance original works of authorship, not to protect authors against competition.” https://www.theverge.com/news/692015/anthropic-wins-a-major-fair-use-victory-for-ai-but-its-still-in-trouble-for-stealing-books