Books as AI feed: Tech companies shredding cultural heritage – criticism is growing
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Especially the technology company Anthropic is in the criticism because of this practice, which is implemented in the so-called “Project Panama”, and is confronted with collective lawsuits by authors, as the BBC reports. A legal loophole This comprehensive procurement of books is made possible by a legal peculiarity: The companies invoke the right of first sale (‘First Sale Doctrine’).
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Especially the technology company Anthropic is in the criticism because of this practice, which is implemented in the so-called “Project Panama”, and is confronted with collective lawsuits by authors, as the BBC reports.
according to Frankfurter Rundschau +1A legal loophole This comprehensive procurement of books is made possible by a legal peculiarity: The companies invoke the right of first sale (‘First Sale Doctrine’).
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