Because no one wants that. They’re offering incredible value for what they took.

1. Some people want that, with good reason.

2. There's incredible value in what they stole.

3. IANAL, but I don't believe "but now everyone can write like a terrible version of the writer we fleeced" is a valid legal defense.

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bigbuppo 31 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah, man, sure they cleaned out the vault, but the valuable insights gained for how to keep it from happening again are priceless!

	▲	dyauspitr 24 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I want it to happen again. Copyright is important but I want someone that does tremendous good to be able to fall into a grey area where they’re given a free pass. But only on a case by case basis. Keep the lines fuzzy. That way we get to defend copyright but someone extraordinary also has a ray of hope of getting away with subverting it.

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markdown 38 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Aaron Swartz also intended to offer incredible value for what he took, AND for no personal profit.

	▲	dyauspitr 11 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That’s the difference between breaking the law as an individual and doing it as a corporation.
	▲	usef- 9 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		... and I don't think people wanted him chased for it either?

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danny_codes 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I mean.. it also sends the message that you can ignore the law if you're rich. $1.5B is like a single failed training run for Anthropic. They burn that in a long weekend because somebody forgot to abort a hyper parameter search.

Obviously exaggerating.. but not by much.

	▲	singingtoday 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I mean, you can mostly. That's apparent all over. Money buys freedom.
	▲	dyauspitr 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It’s like you can ignore the law if you have a great idea that works out. Lots of people have ended up doing it. Uber did it for a long time. Musk, did it with the sale of Tesla cars. There are a bunch of examples from outside of the US as well.