Meta defends using pirated material, claims it's legal if you don't seed content
Meta defends using pirated material, claims it's legal if you don't seed content
Configuration settings were modified "so that the smallest amount of seeding possible could occur".

Piracy I can forgive, but leeching... that's unforgivable.
121 0 ReplyIf this defense is accepted by the courts it will make downloading pirated content legal for everyone.
104 0 ReplyOh not only are you caught torrenting everything on the internet, but you're also a leech? Talk about a piece of shit.
Also if this holds, piracy is legal. We'll just all switch to Usenet where you don't need to seed!
49 0 ReplySo not only was this multi-billion dollar, fortune 100 company too stingy to pay for training data, it was too stingy to reseed the data it pirated!
Either seed or don't torrent. Don't be a leech.
30 0 ReplyGod damn leech
29 0 ReplyIt IS legal to download stuff if you don't seed where I live. But it's still not legal to create derived works and then claim copyright on those works.
20 0 ReplyNothing's illegal if you don't get caught, LOL!
- Meta, probably
9 0 ReplyLmao wouldn’t it have been great if they made this argument 20 or so years ago?
9 0 ReplyIn Canada that is the law but making it publicly available through a chat bot would still be illegal
3 0 ReplyMeta has a chatbot that makes pirated books available?
2 0 ReplyMeta AI
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