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It doesn't matter that they admit to stealing. Judges in the case will just say "oh, well, that was in the past and at this point it would bankrupt the entire industry to make them pay up so... we have to let them get away with it". Just like Google and all the books they took.

Which is exactly why they keep talking about Skynet. They want to distract us from the very real harm they are doing. As a bonus, if you act like your product is conscious and making decisions on its own, you can pretend like you're not the one responsible for it.