Copyright Reform: A National Security Imperative

2025-02-01

Anna's Archive, the world's largest shadow library containing over 140 million copyrighted texts, is being used to train LLMs by Chinese companies. The authors argue this poses a national security threat requiring Western nations to reform copyright law. They propose shortening copyright terms and creating exceptions for mass preservation and dissemination of texts, allowing LLM training companies legal access to this data. This is not just an economic issue, but crucial for maintaining a lead in the AI race and even national security.