@FinanceYF5: Meta illegally downloaded over 80 TB of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-Library to train its AI models. Aaron Swartz downloaded 70 GB of papers from JSTOR in 2010 (only equivalent to...
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Meta is accused of illegally downloading over 80 TB of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-Library to train AI models. The article contrasts the case of Aaron Swartz, who faced severe charges for downloading a much smaller amount of papers, highlighting the double standard in copyright enforcement.
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Meta illegally downloaded over 80 TB of books from LibGen, Anna’s Archive, and Z-Library to train its AI models.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded 70 GB of papers from JSTOR (just 0.0875% of Meta’s download), yet faced charges of $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison. He died by suicide in 2013. https://t.co/OOyX8LmzeS
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