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Copyright: the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same:

Yes, if someone copies text it is technically a copyright violation. Now, copying a small bit, not publishing it, or publishing under fair use. That's all fine.

Copying everything on the internet for commercial use falls under exactly none of those exceptions. There will likely be lawsuits, though OpenAI will likely try to say "If you don't want to be used this way, opt out and we'll remove you"



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