Initial US rulings, as expected, give AI training the green light. Some lawsuits against AI companies have been dismissed, with courts distinguishing between AI training (legal) and traditional piracy (still illegal). (Florent Daudens, HuggingFace)
Summary
- Training AI models is fair use as it's transformative, not just copying.
- Format conversion of books for storage/searchability also fair use.
- Downloading millions of pirated books is plain copyright infringement.
