The move from physical books, CDs and DVDs to downloadable digital versions was supposed to unlock all kinds of new possibilities: a wider choice of material,...
Yep. Copyright protects stuff like open source software (GPL license and others) and ensures it stays open and creators get credit. This article is making the case for AI to steal all that for itself. Copyright isn’t inherently a bad thing, the way it’s used and abused is. You can thank Disney for making copyrights seem like a negative thing all because they wanted to hold on to their damn mouse for centuries. They themselves also profited (and still do) off of works they didn’t originally create, like Bambi, Cinderella, etc.
Yep. Copyright protects stuff like open source software (GPL license and others) and ensures it stays open and creators get credit. This article is making the case for AI to steal all that for itself. Copyright isn’t inherently a bad thing, the way it’s used and abused is. You can thank Disney for making copyrights seem like a negative thing all because they wanted to hold on to their damn mouse for centuries. They themselves also profited (and still do) off of works they didn’t originally create, like Bambi, Cinderella, etc.