I'm kind of surprised by this. I understand there's basically two views: Content creators say "Hey, this is my stuff, you don't have permission to use it, you need to pay me" and there's Silicon Valley: "I'm allowed to look at your images, feeding your images into my machine is the same thing". Legally, the first view seems probably correct, but from a "history of silicon valley" view, breaking the rules in order to gain a competitive advantage in the market has always been the better strategy.
It'd be like if Uber launched by applying for NY taxi medallions. So this seems like a crazy risk:reward ratio here. Adobe is going to end up with a massive bill, a weak model and the hope that the guys who steal everything will face consequences. We've never seen Silicon Valley face consequences like that in the past so i don't see why you would bet it's going to happen this time.
It'd be like if Uber launched by applying for NY taxi medallions. So this seems like a crazy risk:reward ratio here. Adobe is going to end up with a massive bill, a weak model and the hope that the guys who steal everything will face consequences. We've never seen Silicon Valley face consequences like that in the past so i don't see why you would bet it's going to happen this time.