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Web scraper wins against Google and Reddit in lawsuit over data scraping
A web scraper has won a lawsuit against Google and Reddit, which had attempted to stop data scraping using the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). Experts criticize the use of DMCA as a tool against AI training, characterizing it as an unusual legal strategy.
WHY IT MATTERS
The battle over who has the right to scrape and use data for AI training is central to the debate about AI models' rights versus copyright. The ruling signals that large tech companies cannot use copyright legislation to monopolize internet content.
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