“Zlibrary my beloved”: Anthropic staff chats extolling piracy cited in Sony suit
Sony's copyright lawsuit against Anthropic now cites internal staff chats praising Z-Library piracy as evidence in the AI training-data dispute.
Sony's lawsuit against Anthropic cites internal staff chats in which employees extolled pirating books from Z-Library, according to Ars Technica. The suit forms part of the broader copyright dispute over torrented works used to train AI models. The article also notes AI-generated songs reaching the top of music charts, raising stakes for songwriters in the case.
- Sony lawsuit cites Anthropic staff chats praising Z-Library piracy
- Dispute centers on torrented copyrighted works used for AI training
- AI-generated songs reportedly topping music charts
- Vendors
- Anthropic
- Products
- Z-Library
- Countries
- United States
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Lawsuit: Anthropic’s torrenting totally screwed songwriters as AI songs top charts.
By Ashley Belanger · arstechnica.com
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