Richard Osman and fellow authors have criticized Meta for using the Library Genesis dataset, containing pirated books, to train AI. Osman emphasized that copyright law is straightforward: permission is required from authors to use their work. The backlash follows a federal court ruling against the dataset's operators for copyright infringement. Authors are now vocalizing their frustration, with many sharing instances of their work being pirated. The Society of Authors urged Meta to compensate affected writers, highlighting the severe implications of generative AI on the creative industry.
If you want to use an author's work you need to ask for permission. If you use it without permission you're breaking the law. It's so simple.
It'll be incredibly difficult for us, and for other affected industries, to take on Meta, but we'll have a good go!
Our work has been stolen. There are laws to protect us against this and they need to be enforced.
They're robbing us in hopes of replacing us. As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rights holders of all the works it has been exploiting.
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