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# AI companies have all kinds of arguments against paying for copyrighted content
- URL: https://werd.io/ai-companies-have-all-kinds-of-arguments-against-paying-for/
- Published: 2023-11-06T15:04:10.000Z
- Updated: 2023-11-06T15:04:10.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: NotableLinks, #Import 2025-06-13 09:20

The technology depends on ingesting copyrighted work, and the business models depend on not paying for it.

But just because the models only work if no payment is involved, that doesn't give the technology the right to operate in this way. It's not the same as a person reading a book: it's a software system training itself on commercial information - and also, that person would have had to pay for that book. [#AI](https://werd.io/tag/AI)

\[[Link](https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/4/23946353/generative-ai-copyright-training-data-openai-microsoft-google-meta-stabilityai)\]