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Training itself involves making infringing copies of protected works. Whether or not inference produces copyrighted material is almost beside the point.

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It’s legal if it’s fair use, which is yet decided by court

No it doesn’t? You can buy a digital copy of Harry Potter and use it for training. No infringement needed.

Only as long as it's not copied again during training. You can't make copies of your purchased digital copy for any reason other than archival.

Incidental copies during playback are also allowed. But none of these companies are paying for copies in the first place.

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