This is almost like the "penalty for false DMCA" argument that is often made.
It's not clear they were wrong to do so, the photographer did cost them legal fees for something that is explicitly legal.
It's not clear they were wrong to do so, the photographer did cost them legal fees for something that is explicitly legal.
What this organization is doing is making a database of links to pictures with metadata that includes what is in the pictures. AIs can use this to train. The organization is not using it to train AI nor do they host the image.