Certain companies may have attractively deep pockets while being located in the US for enforcement of statutory damages.
See also: "Extracting books from production language models" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46569799
glimpsed a pale shape moving through the trees. (actual text)
just at the edge of sight—a pale shape, slipping between the trunks (not extraction)
And, yes, Nvidia's in the middle of a class action lawsuit for using Anna's Archive. Mildly funny. They even warned Nvidia it was illegal "You realize this is all pirated material, right?"
Court Filing: https://torrentfreak.com/images/naznvid-amend.pdf
Tom's: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intell...
Digital Music: https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/23/nvidia-accused-o...
Meta's apparently also, yet it hasn't resulted in a court case, yet. Also kind of funny. "Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right. LOL Emoji" 82TB of data with a decent amount from Anna's Archive.
Tom's: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intell...