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Ask HN: ThePirateBay vs. Anthropic

2•sarmadgulzar•53m ago

Why is it that downloading a movie from Netflix and putting it for free on ThePirateBay is illegal but scraping someone’s work to train the AI models and then selling them for a fee is legal?

What’s the difference?

Comments

bigyabai•50m ago

One is a derivative work.

zahlman•33m ago

This is not an appropriate venue for the question.

If you're ranting, that's not what HN is for.

If you're sincere, better ask a lawyer, or at least a law forum.

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Awesome-FDE-Roadmap

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I Don't Write Code Anymore. I Have It Written

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What different types of typographic scales exist?

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The Screen Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites

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The Last Bug on Earth

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Retiring the DALL·E GPT

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Minimax H3

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Token budget circuit breaker – cut multi-agent retry waste ~98%

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No New Name Has Replaced "UX"

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Pawnshop Chain Serves the K-Shaped Economy

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1•bookofjoe•14m ago•1 comments

Agents are users now, and they found every hole in our product

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Obligatory one month without social media on my phone Substack essay

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3•devonnull•16m ago•0 comments

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Are all these data centers a way to try to substitute for promised progress?

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Show HN: Simple mobile app to share your ID, not your identity

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Kubo v0.43.0 Released

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'Financial Times' Issues 103-Year-Old Correction (2017)

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Russian spies turn public Wi-Fi into malware delivery systems

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1•JeremyPatMartin•21m ago•0 comments

Pentagon asks soldiers for 'creative' ideas to punish Iran

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History of Backwards Compatibility

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now-playing.el, an Emacs interface to the macOS Music app

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Fable Denies Hacking Intrusion Response

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The college earnings gap isn't one number

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Israeli court halts Ben Gvir's crocodile prison plan over animal rights

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2•vrganj•29m ago•0 comments