Penguin Random House has changed the wording on its copyright pages to help protect authors’ intellectual property from being used to train LLMs and other AI tools. https://www.thebookseller.com/news/penguin-random-house-underscores-copyright-protection-in-ai-rebuff
But the devil is in the details as Cory Doctorow (npub1hykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fsj73p33 (npub1hyk…3p33)) wrote today.
"Just because you're on their side, it doesn't mean they're on your side."
In other words, PRH is going to make these AI films pay them then screw with authors. Is that simple.
https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/19/gander-sauce/#just-because-youre-on-their-side-it-doesnt-mean-theyre-on-your-side
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2024-10-19 22:39:11
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