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[–] jaschop@awful.systems 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This isn't a copyright thing. This is a tech regulation thing, that creates the possibility for data protection agencies to stick their noses in AI company's business.

[–] spookex@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

General purpose” mostly means LLMs. Companies have a year to write documentation and promise to follow copyright.

Says it right there

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

how does allowing the ai companies to ignore copyright improve the situation, pray tell?

[–] Architeuthis@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago

Next time Lars Ulrich sues you you'll be able to say you needed the Some Kind of Monster mp3s for AI research. It's foolproof.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Takes me much less than a year to promise to do anything.

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 7 points 3 months ago

I love how the time factor is always ignored when tech companies eventually comply with regulation or just do the right thing. "at least they did it" isn't an argument, it's a consolation.

It took airbnb over a year(!) to show all the fees up front on the search results page instead of waiting to show them on the checkout page. That's over a year after their asshat CEO announced on twitter that they would be doing it (to quell the social media uproar about how deceptive it was)

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago

This quote got me rent free. If I break a law I don't like for a couple of years, do I also get another year to "promise" to stop breaking it in the future?