This is an interesting case on a couple of levels. The TLDR is that "Reddit is suing Anthropic for training on its site's data without a proper licensing, joining a litany of publishers with similar claims." But there are some differences here. First, Reddit doesn't actually own the content it is licensing; user content is owned by the users, and Reddit gains a license to it (including the ability to use it for AI). It also explicitly declares that this content is public content. Reddit has, in fact, entered into lisensing agreements with other companies - but I have to ask, does this create a requirement for Anthropic to buy a license from Reddit to access or use public presentations of other people's data? Can a company create a private market out of a public just by paying someone for it?
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