Dave Rahardja@drahardja@sfba.social
“If the appeals court denies the petition, Anthropic argued, the emerging company may be doomed. As Anthropic argued, it now "faces hundreds of billions of dollars in potential damages liability at trial in four months" based on a class certification rushed at "warp speed" that involves "up to seven million potential claimants, whose works span a century of publishing history," each possibly triggering a $150,000 fine.”
I continue to believe that copyright is the wrong law to use to rein in #AI, because it will not stop AI. What it will do is to create a different group (giant conglomerate copyright holders) that can profit from AI, either directly by owning models, or by licensing their content. Think of Adobe: their stock photo library makes them a naturally dominant player in AI-driven image tools (which they already deploy).
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/