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It's two different things happening. One is redistribution, which isn't allowed and the other is fair use, which is allowed. You can't ban someone from writing a detailed synopsis of your book. That's all an llm is doing. It's no different than a human reading the material and then using that to write something similar.
That's very much up for debate still.
(I am personally still undecided)
The difference is that the llm has the ability to consume and remember all available information whereas a human would have difficulty remembering everything in detail. We still see humans unintentionally remaking things they've heard before. Comedians have unintentionally stolen jokes they've heard. Every songwriter has unintentionally "discovered" a catchy tune which is actually someone else's. We have fanfiction and parody. Most people's personalities are just an amalgamation of everyone and everything they've ever seen, not unlike an llm themselves.
Is "intent" what makes all the difference? I think doing something bad unintentionally does not make it good, right?
Otherwise, all I need to do something bad is have no bad intentions. I'm sure you can find good intentions for almost any action, but generally, the end does not justify the means.
I'm not saying that those who act unintentionally should be given the same kind of punishment as those who do it with premeditation.. what I'm saying is that if something is bad we should try to prevent it in the same level, as opposed to simply allowing it or sometimes even encourage it. And this can be done in the same way regardless of what tools are used. I think we just need to define more clearly what separates "bad" from "good" specifically based on the action taken (as opposed to the tools the actor used).