Comment a lot to prove (Score 1) 25
Downloading music could be illegal, training using illegally obtained information could also be. But you'd need to prove the illegal downloading and provide that the training materials were illegally obtained. An AI could "listen to" music that was broadcast just like humans can, it seems as though this is just another permutation of the same baseless assertion that AI training and other forms of use are inherently different.
Of course, no one should doubt that AI companies are consuming copyrighted works at a colossal scale, but that doesn't mean they are breaking laws. Laws need to change, but AI companies own politicians.