2025-08-10
There's a very interesting thread of this, in that it's been ruled legal/fair use to train if you scan a hard copy and then destroy it, but a copyright violation if you pirate a digital edition. The physical retains first sale doctrine ownership. Digital, not. — arstechnica.com/tech-policy/ ...
Ars Technica
Tech trade groups CTA and CCIA back Anthropic's appeal of a court ruling allowing a copyright class action, fearing big settlements could chill AI investment
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/ ... Their argument is apparently that that the legality of their business model should not be questioned because AI is too important. Lili Saintcrow /...
2025-08-09
There's a very interesting thread of this, in that it's been ruled legal/fair use to train if you scan a hard copy and then destroy it, but a copyright violation if you pirate a digital edition. The physical retains first sale doctrine ownership. Digital, not. — arstechnica.com/tech-policy/ ...
Ars Technica
Tech trade groups CTA and CCIA back Anthropic's appeal of a court ruling allowing a copyright class action, fearing big settlements could chill AI investment
AI industry groups are urging an appeals court to block what they say is the largest copyright class action ever certified.