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A copyright lawsuit over pirated books could result in ‘business-ending’ damages for Anthropic (fortune.com)
submitted 4 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/technology@midwest.social
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[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Oh yes please!

Then go after OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Facebook too.

[–] KnitWit@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Calling it now: This is going to end up with a small fine for Anthropic that may or not ever be paid out, and scapegoating leading to the elimination of LibGen, annas-archive, etc.

[–] besselj@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago

🙏🙏🙏

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 days ago

Shame.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That’s gonna be some pretty epic fucking around and then finding out.

And because of or current timeline, it probally means they will somehow settle or squeak by somehow.