3 Count: Central Library

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1: Anthropic Wins Key Ruling on AI in Authors’ Copyright Lawsuit

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that a federal judge has ruled that Anthropic’s use of books to train its AI systems was protected under the doctrine of fair use.

A group of authors filed the lawsuit alleging that Anthropic infringed on the copyright of their work by obtaining pirated copies of their writing and using it to train various AI systems. Anthropic, however, argued that such training amounts to fair use.

However, the ruling wasn’t a complete victory for Anthropic. The judge also ruled that storing the books in a “central library” was not fair use and violated the authors’ copyrights. The case is ongoing.

2: BBC Threatens Legal Action Against AI Startup Over Content Scraping

Next up today, Mark Sweney at The Guardian reports that the BBC has threatened legal action against Perplexity AI, alleging that the company has been training its AI systems on BBC content.

According to Perplexity, they do not train or operate any AI models. Instead, they offer a user interface that allows users to choose between other companies’ models. However, according to the BBC, Perplexity enables users to recreate parts of BBC articles verbatim.

The war of words comes amid a push for AI reform in the UK. An attempt by the government to reform copyright in favor of AI companies recently failed. However, the government has stated that it is drafting another version of the bill.

3: BitTorrent Pirate Gets 5 Years in Prison, €10,000 Fine, For Decade-Old Offenses

Finally, today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak reports that a 59-year-old defendant in Greece has been sentenced to five years in prison and a €10,000 ($11,600) fine for his role in operating a pirate site that closed over a decade ago.

The man was accused of running the private torrent site P2Planet.net. The site launched in 2011 but announced its closure in 2014. This came after the man was arrested in a police raid at his home.

It is unclear why it took more than a decade for the man to receive his sentence. However, it mirrors a similar punishment handed down to another pirate site operator.

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