In 2013 a man who stole publicly funded research materials from MIT and made available to the public, killed themselves because they were threatened with 35 years or so in prison and a million in fines. (United States v. Swartz)
in 2023 #OpenAI companies argue they cannot be profitable if they are not allowed to steal creative content for free
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/08/ai-tools-chatgpt-copyrighted-material-openai
