• CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz
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    11 months ago

    If I scrape a bunch of data, put it in a database, and then make that database queryable only using obscure, arcane prompts: Is that a derivative work permitted under fair use?

    Because if you can get chatgpt to spit out raw training data with the right prompt, it can essentially be used as a database of copyrighted stuff that is very difficult to query.

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      11 months ago

      No because that would be distribution, as I’ve already stated.

      If it doesn’t spit out raw data and instead changes it somehow, it’s a derivative work.

      I can spell out the distinction for you twice more if you still don’t get it.

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        11 months ago

        Exactly! Then you agree that because chatgpt can be coerced into spitting out raw, unmodified data, distributing it is a violation of copyright. Glad we’re on the same page.

        You should look up the term “rhetorical question” by the way.

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          11 months ago

          So you understand the distinction between distribution and derivative work? Great!