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Ok, so why not wait until those hypothetical violations occur and then sue?
Because that is far harder to prove than showing OpenAI used his IP without permission.
In my opinion, it should not be allowed to train a generative model on data without permission of the rights holder. So at the very least, OpenAI should publish (references to) the training data they used so far, and probably restrict the dataset to public domain--and opt-in works for future models.
Assuming that books used for GPT training were indeed purchased, not pirated, and since "AI training" was not prohibited at the time of the purchase, the engineers had every right to use them. Maybe authors in the future could prohibit "AI training" but for the books purchased before they do, "AI training" is a fair usage.
I think we'll find our whether or not that is true will be decided in a trial like this.