Gemini AI Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Google illegally copied millions of copyrighted works to train Gemini without permission or compensation, creating competitive substitutes that will displace legitimate publisher sales.
Too little corroboration in the last 3 days to call a trend (4 articles). Watching for it to gain traction.
"Google used its AI to illegally copy millions of books and journal articles and assemble a 'vast trove of copyrighted materials' that it knew it didn't have permission to use to train and create Gemini. Google obtained the copyrighted material by scraping online pirating sites and illegally copying books and articles that had been licensed to the company for use in its Google Books and Google Scholar databases."
"Gemini can generate a 100-page murder mystery set in a quiet seaside town filled with secrets, that substitutes for an original copyrighted murder mystery on which Gemini was trained. And it can do that in 20 minutes for a mere $0.39. No publisher or author can compete with that."
"Google reproduced millions of copyrighted works without permission, without providing any compensation to authors or publishers, and with full knowledge that its conduct violated copyright law"
"The filing claims Google flagged internally that it could face "$10Bs-$100Bs in potential fines" for using texts provided by publishers for Google Play Books."