New Alsup decision dropped!
It's... not wonderful, but seems like a pretty reasonable conclusion to draw from shitty laws. It's also a good reminder that at *best* copyright is a tool to protect labor rights, and not in and of itself a thing to be given moral weight.
https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-training-ai-on-authors-books-is-legal-but-pirating-them-is-not/