[raincole]

Yes...? Which is the whole point. That main difference is why IA was sued, not the fact they're idealists.

[conception]

So it’s OK to make an illegal copy of all copyrighted works as long as you don’t put it on the Internet?

[tmtvl]

In some places you can copy anything you like and as long as you don't distribute it you're not breaking copyright.

[fn-mote]

Not in the US, though.

You making the copy is the violation.

[margalabargala]

What OpenAI did is equally not legal under the same statutes that were used to sue IA.