Throw a dart at a wall filled with every notable author/publisher ever and whoever you hit probably owns some of this data.
Apparently you can just do whatever as long as you say it's for AI research, go post Blu-ray rips online, it's fine provided you have a .ai domain :^)
If you meant transcribing dialogue from a TV show is violating copyright, I'm not so sure, it's relatively common to quote dialogue for varied purposes, ex. TV critics
Definitely understand if you're saying the whole dialogue for a TV show is copyrighted, but I'm curious about the opensubtitles part, used to work in that area.
n.b. not being argumentative, please don't read it that way, I apologize if it comes off that way:
Not every derived work is a copyright violation, that's why subs and dubs don't get kicked around, you can quote dialogue in an article, etc.[^1]
Answering if it applies to AI is playing out in court currently with ex. NYT v. OpenAI[^2] and Sarah Silverman et al v. OpenAI[^3] and v. Meta.[^4]
[^1] "Copyright doesn't protect against all use of the work or use of derivative works. There are a few exceptions that fall under what's commonly known as the fair use doctrine:" (https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/what-are-derivative-works...)
[^2] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/media/new-york-t...
[^3] https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/13/24072131/sarah-silverman-...
[^4] https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sar...
There... is a torrent.
copyrights do expire, and any books older than Mickey Mouse are public domain, so it's not every notable author ever
Bram Stokers bones will be relieved to hear that their work isn't being misappropriated.