downloading things has never been illegal in the us. that does not infringe on copyright ever. Uploading and sharing is copyright infringement, which is why torrenting is illegal (uploading while downloading)
Sad to say the title is clickbait. The only evidence the plaintiffs have that meta pirated their work for AI training is that a bunch of it was pirated from IPs belonging to Meta. Meta is arguing that this is insufficient evidence as it’s more likely that a bunch of individuals with access to Meta IPs downloaded the videos for their own personal use. Given the very small amount of downloads and how spread out they were, I have to reluctantly side with them.
How would they even get a Meta IP?
Like most offices, they have an open network that anyone can use so they’re arguing passers-by, delivery persons, visitors and such. I’m more inclined to believe it was employees but still.
What if my network is open to everyone and someone pirates something using my IP? I would assume I’d be held accountable because I’m responsible for my network?
Probably shouldn’t be, but probably wouldn’t stop your ISP from taking action. I remember this attempt at a “movement” a decade or so ago; never caught on: openwireless.org.
Pirating is legal now for personal use? perfect.
downloading things has never been illegal in the us. that does not infringe on copyright ever. Uploading and sharing is copyright infringement, which is why torrenting is illegal (uploading while downloading)
Sad to say the title is clickbait. The only evidence the plaintiffs have that meta pirated their work for AI training is that a bunch of it was pirated from IPs belonging to Meta. Meta is arguing that this is insufficient evidence as it’s more likely that a bunch of individuals with access to Meta IPs downloaded the videos for their own personal use. Given the very small amount of downloads and how spread out they were, I have to reluctantly side with them.
Like most offices, they have an open network that anyone can use so they’re arguing passers-by, delivery persons, visitors and such. I’m more inclined to believe it was employees but still.
What if my network is open to everyone and someone pirates something using my IP? I would assume I’d be held accountable because I’m responsible for my network?
According to the case cited by Meta, no you wouldn’t.
Probably shouldn’t be, but probably wouldn’t stop your ISP from taking action. I remember this attempt at a “movement” a decade or so ago; never caught on: openwireless.org.