flop_leash_973@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoOpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Freefuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square440fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkOpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Freefuturism.comflop_leash_973@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square440fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThis has nothing to do with copyright.
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt does. If the AI firms lose, the laws around copyrights tighten and major copyright holders profit. If they win, they get to do what they please and nobody can stop them. Either way, the public loses.
minus-squareTeils13@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoPiracy is already considered illegal and persecuted by authorities, so nothing changes for the public in the first case.
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThere are exclusions to copyrights accepted under fair use which could easily be tightened if major copyright holders (like Disney) have their way.
This has nothing to do with copyright.
It does. If the AI firms lose, the laws around copyrights tighten and major copyright holders profit. If they win, they get to do what they please and nobody can stop them. Either way, the public loses.
Piracy is already considered illegal and persecuted by authorities, so nothing changes for the public in the first case.
There are exclusions to copyrights accepted under fair use which could easily be tightened if major copyright holders (like Disney) have their way.