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Thousands of authors demand payment from AI companies for use of copyrighted works (www.cnn.com)
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Thousands of authors demand payment from AI companies for use of copyrighted works::Thousands of published authors are requesting payment from tech companies for the use of their copyrighted works in training artificial intelligence tools, marking the latest intellectual property critique to target AI development.

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[–] just_change_it 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What did you pay the author of the books and papers published that you used as sources in your own work? Do you pay those authors each time someone buys or reads your work? At most you pay $0-$15 for a book anyway.

In regards to free advertising when your source material is used... if your material is a good source and someone asks say ChatGPT, shouldn't your work be mentioned if someone asks for a book or paper and you have written something useful for it? Assuming it doesn't hallucinate.

[–] assassin_aragorn 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the "paid in exposure" argument.

And I'm not sure what my company pays, but they purchase access to scientific papers and industrial standards. The market price I've seen for them is hundreds of dollars. You either pay an ongoing subscription to access the information, or you pay a larger lump sum to own a copy that cannot legally be reproduced.

Companies pay for this sort of thing. AI shouldn't get an exception.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

TBF, access to scientific papers funded by public money should be free to the public anyway. The whole needing a subscription to access them is malarkey. The researchers aren't the ones getting the money.

[–] Blaster_M 1 points 1 year ago

This needs to be signal boosted, regarding researchers, research, and money.