ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoCourt documents show Meta torrented terabytes of pirated books to train AI models, and employees wouldn't stop emailing each other about it: 'Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1421arrow-down11
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minus-squareThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up85·2 days agoAnd yet again from Corporate America: “Rules for thee but not for me!”
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·2 days agoCorporate America maybe. Meta is an international company and there are also a lot of international publishing companies. I could definitely see this leading to a lawsuit in other parts of the world. This is unquestionably a violation of the Berne Convention. https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/berne/
minus-squareregrub@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoThe exception is when corporations mess with other corporations have the means to sue them into the ground.
And yet again from Corporate America: “Rules for thee but not for me!”
Corporate America maybe. Meta is an international company and there are also a lot of international publishing companies.
I could definitely see this leading to a lawsuit in other parts of the world. This is unquestionably a violation of the Berne Convention.
https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/berne/
The exception is when corporations mess with other corporations have the means to sue them into the ground.