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hadlock on July 7, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Anthropic cut up millions of used books, and downl...

It's copyright infringement, which is not theft, they're legally distinct in the eyes of the law. This is partly why the "you wouldn't download a car" copyright ads were so widely mocked.

__MatrixMan__ on July 7, 2025 [–]

Fun fact, they didn't have the rights to use the font they used for those commercials: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43775926

gghffguhvc on July 7, 2025 | [–]

Or the music. It was originally made as a one off for a film festival. Movie industry defended the lawsuit over the music.

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