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George R.R. Martin and other authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So how about someone who loves to read books wants to become a writer, and uses the plot twists, characters, environments, writing style of books they already read.

Does that fall under copyright?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Depends on how close it is... But at least they are doing the effort of writing vs merely coming up with prompts for the AI.