submitted by Conspirologist to technology 2 monthsFeb 8, 2025 02:57:53 ago (+3/-2) (www.xatakaon.com)
https://www.xatakaon.com/robotics-and-ai/new-meta-emails-reveal-that-the-company-downloaded-81-7-tb-of-copyrighted-books-via-bittorrent-to-train-its-ai-models
gabou 1 points 2 months ago
Nobody in that whole organization thought 'maybe this is illegal, we should take a look."?
The answer they got from legal is guaranteed to be: 'there doesn't appear to be a law against it - proceed.'
It's the same answers in the financial world. I've heard is out of the mouths of fund managers and risk managers - they wink and nod. Slimy.
There is a moral gut reaction to something not being the right thing to do - yet they go ahead and do it be hasn't been codified into law.
Fuck these people. They will cheat you out of everything.