I don't see any mention of having to own warcraft 3 to use its assets...
This is as much of a copyright violation as the LLM training process.
Did anyone vote an exemption from copyright if it's for "AI" use?
This is as much of a copyright violation as the LLM training process.
Did anyone vote an exemption from copyright if it's for "AI" use?
Not necessarily. This could be considered a quotation of a trivial part of a larger work, making the use legal in the US under its fair use doctrine.
Additionally, I'm not aware of any obvious way that this use could harm the commercial market for Warcraft 3 (and the other games whose voice packs are included in this repository). The use here does not compete with the original, and if anything it might drive sales on the margin through nostalgic reminders.
One good thing about genai is that it will force us to rethink the mess that is copyright
If given the option to vote for this, yes I would absolutely vote for an exemption.
But also, this is clearly "Fair Use" even under our current draconian copyright laws.