Decision reinforces thesis of fair use in IA Generative, but raises alert about illegal practices to obtain content
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A US federal judge decided that the use of books by Anthropic To train your artificial intelligence system Claude fits as “fair use” according to the American Copyright Law. The information is from Reuters.
The decision, released by William Alsup, District Judge of São Francisco, represents an important victory for the AI industry, recognizing that training with protected works can be considered legal when use is transforming and focused on innovation.
However, Alsup also determined that the copy and storage of over 7 million pirated books in a “central library” by the company violate the copyright of authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson.
The issue of damages will be evaluated on a trial scheduled for December.
Anthropic defends itself
- Anthropic, supported by Amazon and Alphabet, argues that American law encourages this type of use, as it contributes to scientific advancement and human creativity.
- The company states that Claude learned from books without replicating them, but to create innovative technology.
- The action is part of a series of processes powered by authors and copyright holders against companies such as OpenAi, Meta and Microsoft, accused of using protected content without permission in general AI training.
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Origin of the material cannot be pirated, says Judge
Although the judge recognized the transformative value of use by Anthropic, he criticized the company’s justification that the pirate origin of the material would be irrelevant, questioning the legality of lowering works of unauthorized websites when there were legal means of access.
The decision is the first of its kind in the context of the Generative Ia and can influence the course of other copyright disputes and data use to train language models.
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