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> The vast, vast, VAST majority of the original datasets were from pirated books and the like

And there's been significant legal consequences as a result

> Also, arguably a robots.txt is the exact mechanism to follow to do the mass GET-ing

You're free to argue this of course, but the courts have largely rejected it already pre LLMs. See for example hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn

parent gpm 3 months ago

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