The Artificial Human Why Is AI Stealing Books?
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May 28, 2025 
Kate Mosse, an award-winning author and advocate for copyright protection, shares her concerns about AI's unauthorized use of millions of books for training. Tanya Applin, a professor of intellectual property law, explores legal challenges regarding AI's outputs and data use. The conversation dives into the tension between technology and authors' rights, the potential for AI to reshape the publishing industry, and whether AI-generated books could ever truly replace human creativity. The future of authors, readers, and copyright law hangs in the balance.
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AI Training on Pirated Books
- Generative AI training on pirated books is a major concern for authors over copyright breaches.
- Tech companies like Meta are accused of using unlicensed materials from pirate sites like LibGen.
AI's Transformational Copyright Challenge
- AI is transforming content creation by generating new derivative works from original authors' styles.
- This raises novel issues around copyright in an era of concentrated tech power.
Author Control Over AI Licensing
- Authors should have the option to license or refuse use of their work in AI training.
- Establishing group licensing arrangements can protect all creators, including independents.
