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>The fair use excuses here are absolutely weak in Stability's case and this will only end with a licensing deal being made.

There's no fair use in the UK, and this decision is preliminary on whether the case should proceed.

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The equivalent concept is fair dealing https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exceptions-to-copyright

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I know, I'm a lawyer. Fair dealing is closed-ended, and the TDM exception doesn't apply to StabilityAI as they're not a research institution, their best defence is that the training didn't take place in the UK, or that any copies were transient.