Ars TechnicaAI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦
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<<You cannot do that. Punishing us for breaking the law will bankrupt us.>>
Why didn't bank robbers think of that ?
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Eugen Rochko@arstechnica@mastodon.social Good.
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Look, just because they committed the largest copyright theft in history, is that any reason for them to face the largest copyright lawsuit in history?
Yes. Yes, it is.
stony kark@arstechnica@mastodon.social that’d be a good start
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Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.
Ryan2one3@arstechnica@mastodon.social i hope so
RRB@arstechnica@mastodon.social Might it bankrupt Thiel, Andresen and Musk at the same time? One can only hope.
Andrew Zonenberg@arstechnica@mastodon.social Please don't let the authors settle. A settlement would let the defendant keep operating and just pay some large-but-survivable penalty.
Don't stop until you've ruined them and destroyed every cent of assets they have and have a court order demanding that the models be destroyed as infringing articles with no lawful function.
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️@arstechnica@mastodon.social Your heading "Some authors won't benefit from class actions" is wrong. ALL authors benefit when AI companies are forced to either pay to access copyrighted content or stop using it.