"Publicly available" doesn't mean anyone has given permission for use in the training of an AI system, Newton-Rex notes. "Essentially all they are saying is, 'We have not illegally hacked into a system,' " says Newton-Rex, who now runsThe term, perhaps by design, sounds like "public domain" — which refers to information that is no longer subject to copyright protection or otherwise made freely available.
Large collections of pirated content have been made "publicly available" without the permission or consent of the creators.they took were from websites known for pirated content," Clarkson Law Firm partner Timothy K. Giordano tells Axios.The receipt and subsequent commercial misuse of stolen property won't play well before a jury." (Clarkson has brought several suits against AI companies.)arguing that AI companies are engaging in massive copyright infringement, both in the training and operation of their product