▲ 47 ▼ Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 months ago by dwazou@jlai.lu to c/technology@lemmy.world 8 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (4 children) More money to persecute trans people incoming. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children) On the other hand, the money is being taken from a company that helped bomb Iranian schoolchildren , and has a CEO who desperately wants to do it some more. The recipient doesn't really deserve the payout here, but the people who do will never be rich enough to get the lawyers to receive it. You've got to have (tons of) money to make money... Edit : It turns out the publisher will be giving the proceeds of the lawsuit to the authors, which number in the thousands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 10 points 3 months ago (1 child) There's like 14,000 recipients here. It's not just about Harry Potter permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago Important distinction, thank you. From the article: the group of affected authors can expect to receive about $19m (£14m). permalink fedilink source parent [–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago Corpo on Corpo violence permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XLE@piefed.social 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children) On the other hand, the money is being taken from a company that helped bomb Iranian schoolchildren , and has a CEO who desperately wants to do it some more. The recipient doesn't really deserve the payout here, but the people who do will never be rich enough to get the lawyers to receive it. You've got to have (tons of) money to make money... Edit : It turns out the publisher will be giving the proceeds of the lawsuit to the authors, which number in the thousands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 10 points 3 months ago (1 child) There's like 14,000 recipients here. It's not just about Harry Potter permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago Important distinction, thank you. From the article: the group of affected authors can expect to receive about $19m (£14m). permalink fedilink source parent [–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago Corpo on Corpo violence permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 10 points 3 months ago (1 child) There's like 14,000 recipients here. It's not just about Harry Potter permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago Important distinction, thank you. From the article: the group of affected authors can expect to receive about $19m (£14m). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XLE@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago Important distinction, thank you. From the article: the group of affected authors can expect to receive about $19m (£14m). permalink fedilink source parent