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this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023
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It is rather interesting to note that this Corpus of data may not be as valuable if it cannot be used without always being legally in several grey areas (perhaps even red areas in some jurisdictions).
Currently, an increasingly large pool of artist/writters/singers and other people (even corporations such as studios and large right holders) are exercising their rights to not have their creations and derived works be used or slurped into AI models without their express consent.
Corporations making use of those AI models may find themselves in expensive legal limbo now and the foreseeable future.
Considering no redditor imagined nor consented to have their post and comment history be comprehensively abused (as in "improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom").
We may enter a period where lawlessness pervades AI models (just like any gold rush, for example the current crypto craze). Eventually, the legal framework will catch up and will probably make any dubious Corpus of data untouchable.
How long this takes is anyone's guess. I surmise several large profile lawsuits would suffice.
Preferably they work retroactively too
This is so IP law 101... Unauthorized use for commercial purposes. I hope rightholders fight until the end
Was that agreement in place 13 years ago when I created my account?
Likely doesn't make a difference. At any time Reddit can put a banner on their site saying "We've updated our terms and conditions, ream more here" and almost always such changes specify that continued use of the site is your consent (but that you can delete your account at any time, not that that appears to even do anything now).
Yeah, really a good will effort to encourage free discussion.
I agree that this is a grey area, but it could really go either way. Anyway, giant corporations have been abusing individuals who can't afford lawsuits for decades. Even with precedent on your side, that probably wouldn't change.
Yeah, if you think the current right-wing supreme court will find any big case in favor of individual vs corporations, that's wishful thinking