Blimey. Looks like pretty much ALL of my books have been pirated by LibGen - the place that’s been scraped by generative AI developers. (thanks @gregjenner.bsky.social): www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... - ThreadSky

profaliceroberts.bsky.social • 6 days ago

Blimey. Looks like pretty much ALL of my books have been pirated by LibGen - the place that’s been scraped by generative AI developers. (thanks @gregjenner.bsky.social):
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/

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robdumbarton.bsky.social•6 days ago

Sad for you. Nothing is sacred when "tech" gets hold of it 🤕

starmanjack43.bsky.social•6 days ago

It's dehumanising enough that AI is rushing to automate human creativity, but to brazenly steal existing works to facilitate that is another level of tech dystopianism, art and craft as yet another natural resource to strip mine for profit.

stevewilkin.bsky.social•6 days ago

Exactly what visual artists have been arguing about AI for ages - it is intellectual property theft - pure and simple.

nezza.net•6 days ago

I hope every impacted author finds a way to get together to get legal redress.

erinlisagayle.bsky.social•6 days ago

🫂😔

chefsfleming.bsky.social•6 days ago

So sorry to hear this. What horrible people.

xrnohporter.bsky.social•5 days ago

Nice to see the use of
'Blimey' in this day and age 😎

michaelsheldo.bsky.social•6 days ago

Legalised theft. The same is happening in the music industry.
I tried a free ai generated music creation website the other day. It came up with some great material, but it's all off the back of good people who spent hours perfecting their music & art. Rebel now before it's too late!

chimpy-farnsworth.bsky.social•5 days ago

AI-Alice?
I much prefer the real one, thankyouverymuchly!

livehistory03.bsky.social•6 days ago

In that case, I'm finding and buying the originals as hard copies.
Best way to read a book anyway.

tanweerdar.bsky.social•6 days ago

😔

anna-louise-ellis.bsky.social•6 days ago

Hard for us Machine Learning Scientists to see our papers sucked into, and no doubt assisting development of these models 😡

gregjenner.bsky.social•6 days ago

Sorry, Alice - it sucks. Here’s the Society of Authors’ response

https://societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/the-libgen-data-set-what-authors-can-do/

And the Writers’ Guild GB is also hopefully on the case

sleepy-nonah.bsky.social•6 days ago

If their AI codebase includes your IP, surely there's an ownership case to be made to state that you own 0.000x% of that software? The percentage will be tiny but the AI could be worth billions.

alisonmorton.bsky.social•6 days ago

They've pinched them from everybody, rot their souls.

wombatbitme.bsky.social•5 days ago

😳😡 not good news at all

darkilluminator.bsky.social•6 days ago

Lol, they scrapped LibGen? It won't end up well for them.

avalanche-andy.bsky.social•6 days ago

And note: all the AI companies made massive "donations" to Trump and are requesting a copyright waiver for AI training. Probably not related.

maddietlr.bsky.social•6 days ago

It makes me absolutely sick that the gov (many of them) support and promote this kind of behaviour.

marylowden.bsky.social•6 days ago

Should not be allowed to use without your permission/consent. 🌻

archdukeofgloom.bsky.social•5 days ago

The argument used is 'China will so we may as well'. The first part is true, but we do have laws currently in place, and while they are in place they must be upheld.

I'd suggest some form of annual payment from the AI companies.

richardcoker.bsky.social•5 days ago

Of course, @mazzucatom.bsky.social, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and Shoshana Zuboff understood this was the future years ago.

richardcoker.bsky.social•5 days ago

I checked my name. 200 research papers pulled into their AI machine, 40 years work. For free. Unbelievable. Actually, entirely predictable.

isobelstarling.bsky.social•6 days ago

@profaliceroberts.bsky.social 20 of my books are on that list. The class action court case is in progress. All authors whose books are included are part of the class. We need a win to let these AI tech bros know they're not above the law. Fingers crossed!
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67569326/kadrey-v-meta-platforms-inc/?page=3

leafybins.bsky.social•6 days ago

Stolen.

leafybins.bsky.social•6 days ago

Getting mugged while you sleep.

the-librarian.bsky.social•6 days ago

The good news is Zuckerberg can afford to pay your lawsuit.

janbright.bsky.social•6 days ago

Ugggh. That's terrible. I just collected my copy of The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being yesterday!

profaliceroberts.bsky.social•6 days ago

Real, human authors - and copyright law! - being flung into the jaws of this technological behemoth.

audiomattster.bsky.social•6 days ago

The rich, in this case Meta, profiting by stealing human creativity. They do it because it's cheaper than licensing work lawfully. Meta is a company valued in the trillions. They could afford it, they chose to steal instead. I hope they are sued out of existence.

nosheds.bsky.social•6 days ago

Class action lawsuit?

sithan.bsky.social•6 days ago

This is truly unfortunate. I have been a lawyer since 1990 and have fought hard against the invasion of the Brazilian justice system by AIs.

sithan.bsky.social•6 days ago

A losing fight, I must say, because judges, prosecutors and many of my colleagues are enthusiasts of this dangerous technology that has placed in the hands of IT engineers (and crooks too) a power and privileges that they do not deserve.

sithan.bsky.social•6 days ago

Science based on discovery and meticulous study of ignored facts and their causal relationships will be replaced by correlational calculations based on data. Creativity, seriousness and dedication to produce literary or scientific texts will be discouraged by the lack of copyright protection.

sithan.bsky.social•6 days ago

Legal certainty that a human dispute will be judged by human beings based on human legal criteria? Forget it. The most likely outcome is the rise of judgments made by machines that transform people into biological appendages of supposedly infallible AIs.

sithan.bsky.social•6 days ago

In the watchful and omnipresent eyes of virtual judges, who are everywhere all the time extracting data from everyone, we are all virtually suspected of being dishonest and no one will really be entitled to the principle of presumption of innocence.

justade.bsky.social•6 days ago

Horrific...

stevewmobb.bsky.social•6 days ago

So all our copyright laws were voluntary then? Or is something going to be done?

wombatbitme.bsky.social•5 days ago

Can you take legal action? That’s blatant theft

elanoradreamer.bsky.social•6 days ago

Have you seen this @profaliceroberts.bsky.social

https://bsky.app/profile/meredithmooring.bsky.social/post/3lktgojfycs2r

malcolmberry.bsky.social•6 days ago

Anything to drive the costs down to maximise profits.

nitroshutter.bsky.social•6 days ago

someone, somewhere, is thinking of using this as a metric to feed into league tables...

acidaaron.bsky.social•6 days ago

Have you taken legal advice RE suing them for the intellectual property theft? Maybe a big group of authors could bring a joint action?

nicko66.bsky.social•6 days ago

Not ‘artificial intelligence’ anything. Just a very unartificial theft.

midge58.bsky.social•5 days ago

How is this legal? Can intellectual property not be protected in this AI world?

jaceybedford.bsky.social•5 days ago

They've stolen all my 7 novels and 4 of my short stories - including 2 that were published in Nature Magazine - so they've probably stolen all the academic articles as well.

designer-rob.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s a disgrace Alice. It feels like creatives are just being thrown to the wolves of AI. Copyright laws must be enforce to preserve the future of writers, artists, musicians and all other creators.

vickihird.bsky.social•6 days ago

🤬

annashi.bsky.social•6 days ago

I'll make sure I buy Crypt this week.

willieg.bsky.social•6 days ago

This is terrible. I spent my entire working life dependent on the value of copyright and now it is probably too late to prevent what is happening.

'The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth'.

gilbertmurraymp.bsky.social•5 days ago

Blimey. You're right. I just asked AI to:

"Write an essay called 'The Incredible Unlikeliness of Bullseye', about the ITV British game show called 'Bullseye', in the style of Professor Alice Roberts".

And it did just that.

You've been robbed.

robertfingleton.bsky.social•6 days ago

The worst thing is the tech companies are doing this with the full backing of the government 😡

audiomattster.bsky.social•6 days ago

This Labour govt are totally naive when it comes to tech. They really don't understand it.

darkilluminator.bsky.social•6 days ago

You mean the Labour government that is currently planning to murder countless disabled people using cowardly weapon of starvation and pushed laws to silence internet speech?
I don't think they are naive. They are simply evil.

oiyouandy.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yeah, the Labour government led by the Tory Keir Starmer.

darkilluminator.bsky.social•5 days ago

So, this Der Sturmer guy, was, like, "Wow there's a Labour party? I LOVE labour. My personal saying is: Labour will set you free."?

mikeyh71.bsky.social•6 days ago

What's the situation regarding AI usage of copyright materials?

kindjourneys.bsky.social•6 days ago

Arrrgghhh! That's enraging. I'm so sorry. :(

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