Brutkey

VM (Vicky) Brasseur
@vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com

Perhaps don't launch businesses that rely on breaking the law? Just a thought.

'If the appeals court denies the petition…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"…that involves "up to seven million potential claimants, whose works span a century of publishing history," each possibly triggering a $150,000 fine.'

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/

#copyright #ai

Looking for explanations…
@Susan60@aus.social

@vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com

Gee, so publicising this & encouraging more authors to join could damage or destroy digitech companies seeking to ruthlessly exploit authors & damage the environment through their massive consumption of water & energy?