Messerschmitt Bf 109: Germany’s Deadliest Fighter of the Second World War: A Comprehensive Journey Through Aerodynamics, Engineering Innovation, and F

[edwest2]

Much more is out there Chris, unfortunately.

[messcaster]

Sorry Edwest for my late answer. IA is AI in English.
I think it is a good thing to talk about those poor publications. Because it will raise awareness about this type of publication which, unfortunately, is increasingly invading the internet. The less people buy it the better!
An absolutely unknown author who suddenly became prolific (2 to 15 new books!!) are clues to this hoax.
Looking for new publications on Amazon I have seen:

Technology of WWII, by Nelson McKeeby.
Aces of the second world war, by Bill Johns.

Pure madness...

[edwest2]

It's just pure fraud. Which is not new. Someone woke up one day and decided that a book written by a program with cover art generated by another program was a quick way to make a buck.

Amazon is monitoring this. They are taking some action.

[KM1957]

My publisher sent a letter a few weeks back saying they are filing a lawsuit against Anthropic using copyrighted material without permission and some of my books are involved. No idea when anything will be resolved by AI is making a mess of things and costing authors money.

Kent

[Chris Goss]

Sounds familiar Kent. I have even seen an original photo given to me by a German airman with an arrow showing who he is in the photo being used in other publications and sold on eBay................

[edwest2]

Kent,


I will not provide a direct link but I suggest you Google "anthropic settlement website."

[edwest2]

Originally Posted by Chris Goss

Sounds familiar Kent. I have even seen an original photo given to me by a German airman with an arrow showing who he is in the photo being used in other publications and sold on eBay................

I am not an attorney but I can say the following. The goal is to bypass copyright law to make money. A legal action over Google Books took years to resolve. The Authors Guild was involved. Photographers also sued over having their works used without permission. When so-called Generative AI became available, writers and artists also sued. Their work was digitized for use with programs that could mix and match portions of published works to regurgitate a story based on snippets from the above. The same with published book covers. Lawsuits were filed, and the defense was the same as for Google Books.

Once books, art and photographs appeared online, a few thought they could use them without permission or payment.

[KM1957]

The publisher had sent the "settlement website" but I didn't bother going to it. Figured I would just let them do whatever and not worry about it.

Kent

[Bombphoon]

Youtube is the same - plenty of history 'documentaries' that just rob other people's photos and film footage from the internet without permission - yet Youtube allow this and actually reward them with payment for content. I know because I have seen my photos, that I have taken, of my objects, used by historian Mark Felton without my permission.

[Chris Goss]

Ah Mark Felton..........................