Jeff GeerlingFeb 24

re @claudeai

I've identified industrial-scale copyright violations on my content by Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, X, and more.

These companies created thousands of crawlers incorporating the text of all my blog posts, open source code, and books into their paid AI models to profit exorbitantly.

Show threadgaryFeb 24
@geerlingguy @claudeai please retain a lawyer, that is what rsj would do
Show threadJeff Geerling
@gary_alderson I have a lawyer, but not the funds to try attacking orgs that could sink a few million dollars into fighting a lawsuit at the drop of a hat.
Feb 24 at 9:30pmWeb
Show threadgaryFeb 24
@geerlingguy some hungry starving bright lawyer may take it on contingency - i believe there have already been class actions and settlements - you sould consult somebody and stay apprised, it is a dynamic situation #rsj forkbomb
Show threadjoostetoFeb 26
@gary_alderson @geerlingguy
Most lawsuits against firms abusing open source copyrights don't end in multi-million payout, but with a the abusers issuing a pinky-promise that they will not to it again.
That pinky-promise cannot feed the hungry lawyer.
Show threadgaryFeb 26
@joosteto @geerlingguy make sure you adhere to the license and no problems - most are pretty generous, if i ever have people saying they need something taken down i usually don't have a problem with that but the ai bot nets harvesting open source ip may be a claim worth pursuing since there are fungible assets, there already have been class actions and it should continue, hungry lawyers will do fine, probably some precedents will be reached - it is going to be an ongoing issue #source #types of licenses #forks #depositions
Show threadNemoFeb 25

@geerlingguy
I suspect that of you started a fund to hurt those bastards, many would contribute.

I would, for one.

@gary_alderson