A Bunch Of Authors Sue OpenAI Claiming Copyright Infringement, Because They Don’t Understand Copyright | Techdirt

You may have seen some headlines recently about some authors filing lawsuits against OpenAI. The lawsuits (plural, though I’m confused why it’s separate attempts at filing a class action lawsuit, r…

People are not machines and law is under no obligation to treat them identically for copyright consideration any more than it would for, say, eligibility for office.

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