Thursday, April 17, 2025

Op-Ed: 'Deleting' IP laws - money for rich, less for artists

Another major disaster is working its way through the political madness and AI hype. This time it's allowing AI to use copyrighted materials to train on copyright-protected works. This would be the same thing as "free use," without any obligations for compensation or consultation with the owners of music, articles, and movies.

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... The primary exponents of this atrocity are of course, Elon Musk, Sam Altman of OpenAI, and Jack Dorsey. Altman somehow managed to include the idea that this level of access was a matter of "national security."

Well, that makes sense. Obviously, it's a matter of national security that a glorified chatbot should be able to create a plagiarized half-ass version of Disco Duck.

What the hell are you on about, Altman?

This whole idea makes America's vast IP holdings look very insecure.

In other words, it's yet another cheapskate attempt to steal other people's property and profit off it.

What's truly astonishing is the sheer level of selfish, one-track-minded ignorance. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-17 12:31 AM

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