[kodt]

If you steal a book and read it, should you have to pay every time you use the knowledge gained or recall parts of it from memory?

[teddyh]

No. People are not LLMs. And even if some argue that they are mechanically similar, they are legally distinct.

[drfloyd51]

If I charged people for the privilege of listening to me recite relevant parts of the book to them for profit? Yes. Depending on the copyright.

[kodt]

So like a teacher?

[mitthrowaway2]

What if you steal a CD and then play it on your radio station each morning?

[Lio]

Even better, what if you transform that stolen CD into an MP3, so the data isn’t the same as a lossy process was used, then share the MP3 with the world as your own work?

I don’t get why the training process doesn’t count as any other form of transformation but then I’m not a lawyer.

[kodt]

even better if it is a pirate radio station

[swader999]

If I perform a song in public then yes, I should pay the creator every time I play it. I fail to see the difference here.

[kodt]

What if you are performing your own song which was heavily influenced by other artists?

Also I believe performing covers is legal

[pixel_popping]

Live bands are playing songs of known artists all the time, is that actually illegal?