[LurkerAtTheGate]

> LAION “only maintains a database containing links to image files that are publicly available on the Internet,” arguing that it does not keep the image data so there it can’t delete the file.

So, the Pirate Bay defense?

[ronsor]

The difference is the Pirate Bay was a list of links to obviously pirated content. LAION is a list of links to content that is, for the most part, hosted at its original source or a place authorized to host it.