Many of these sites have terms that give the site owner a license to do the activities that would happen when training AI’s. In theory, some terms look like they could even bundle the data for AI training or run that phase themselves. It’s actually a good, market/public-benefit opportunity I hope they act on, esp HN and Arxiv.
I didnt read enough to see if any random person using the site had a license to do anything they want with any copyrighted content on the site vs just reading it. It did have a lot to say about copyright, though. Two quotes were interesting:
“z-lib.io the site doesn't provide any piracy copyright infigrment contents and you shouldn't use site for illegal copyright piracy.”
“Company respects the intellectual property of others and asks that users of our Site do the same. In connection with our Site, we have adopted and implemented a policy respecting copyright law that provides for the removal of any infringing materials and for the termination of users of our online Site who are repeated infringers of intellectual property rights, including copyrights.”
(Note: One of those quotes is also on the About Us page.)
They respect copyright, claim to not violate it, ban violating it, and will take down violators and their uploads. It would seem z library has a stronger stance on copyright protection than the AI community.
https://z-lib.io/pages/terms-of-use
Many of these sites have terms that give the site owner a license to do the activities that would happen when training AI’s. In theory, some terms look like they could even bundle the data for AI training or run that phase themselves. It’s actually a good, market/public-benefit opportunity I hope they act on, esp HN and Arxiv.
I didnt read enough to see if any random person using the site had a license to do anything they want with any copyrighted content on the site vs just reading it. It did have a lot to say about copyright, though. Two quotes were interesting:
“z-lib.io the site doesn't provide any piracy copyright infigrment contents and you shouldn't use site for illegal copyright piracy.”
“Company respects the intellectual property of others and asks that users of our Site do the same. In connection with our Site, we have adopted and implemented a policy respecting copyright law that provides for the removal of any infringing materials and for the termination of users of our online Site who are repeated infringers of intellectual property rights, including copyrights.”
(Note: One of those quotes is also on the About Us page.)
They respect copyright, claim to not violate it, ban violating it, and will take down violators and their uploads. It would seem z library has a stronger stance on copyright protection than the AI community.