Programmer/Lawyer Plaintiff + upstart SF Based Law Firm + novel technology = a good shot at a case that'll last a long time, and fertile ground to establish yourself as experts in what looks to be a heavily litigated area over the next decade+.
There is a reasonable argument that's a horrible system. But it doesn't make sense to criticize the plaintiff looking for a profit - the entire system has been set up such that that's what they're supposed to do. If you're angry about it lobby for either no rules or properly funded government enforcement of rules.
I don’t know man, I can simultaneously see the systemic issue that needs to be solved and also critique someone for subcoming to base needs like greed when they don’t have the need.
if you feel the class doesn't represent you, you can just not opt-in
These people are just following incentives.
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For example, in the American system, judges are generally not allowed to be aware of anything not mentioned by a party to the case. There is no good reason for this.
Take a look at "judicial notice" and "amicus curiae".
Government enforcement of this kind of law is really no different. It wouldn't be the legislature doing it.
AKA a vast majority of the non-legislative government workers.
As an aside - I'm almost positive MSFT/Github expected this and their legal teams have been prepping for this moment. Copyright Law and Fair Use in the US is so nuanced and vague that anything created involving prior art by big-pocket individuals or corporations will be litigated swiftly.
I expected one of these lawsuits to come first from Getty or one of the big money artist estates against OpenAI or Stability.ai, but Getty and OpenAI seem to be partnering instead of litigating.
Frankly, I don't care if anyone makes a name for themselves for doing this. In fact, I applaud them and would happily give them recognition should they be successful.
Similarly, I'd hope that there are opportunties for profit in this space, given that I don't want cheap lawyers botching this case and setting terrible legal precedent for the rest of us. Microsoft has a billion dollar legal team and they will do everything they can to protect their bottom line.
Just like Google’s noble but misguided attempt to make all the world’s books searchable a few years back, what we have here is IP law getting in the way of a societal goodness.
Copyright and patent are not natural; they’re granted by law “to promote progress in the useful arts”. At first glance here it appears that GitHub is promoting progress and the plaintiffs are just rent-seeking.
Github can't really go to a court by themselves and ask "is this legal?". There is the concept declaratory relief but you need to be at least threatened with a lawsuit before that's on the table.
So Github kinda just has to try releasing CoPilot and get sued to find out. The legal system is setup to reward the lawyer who will go to bat against them to find out if it is legal. The plantiff (and maybe lawyer, depending on how the case is financed) take the risk they are wrong just as Github had to.
It is setup this way to incentivize lawyers to protect everyone's rights.
No matter who litigates and for what reasons it will be extremely valuable for good precedents to be set around the question of things like Copilot and DALL-E with respect to copyright and ownership. I'd rather have self interested lawyers dedicated to winning their case than self interested corporations fighting this out.
Obviously this is different for the reasons you stated, but I didn’t want people to think bringing a class action lawsuit forward is a way to get rich. It’s a bit of a joke, really.
How an aggravated individual can seek justice from a big multinational corporation? That's not possible unless that individual is a retired billionaire wanting to become a millionaire.
Yes he does think of it somewhat like that, establishing himself in an area. However a lot of his work comes from finding people aggrieved by something not them finding him.
But I write this to you in Hermes Maia