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Authors, artists, actors etc whose work have been ripped off by mega corporations like Meta, OpenAI, Google etc would disagree. Copyright may need to be update
by threeseed 3y ago
Authors, artists, actors etc whose work have been ripped off by mega corporations like Meta, OpenAI, Google etc would disagree.
Copyright may need to be updated to cater for the new world of AI but that doesn't mean as a concept it is evil.
- murki 3y agoHow are Modern Copyright laws helping authors, artists, and actors in those cases?
- threeseed 3y agoIt's allowing them to sue OpenAI for copyright infringement: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/05/authors-file-a-lawsuit-against-openai-for-unlawfully-ingesting-their-books https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/05/authors-file-a...
- ronsor 3y agoIt's worth noting you can sue for just about anything, but a case could end up being dismissed or you could simply lose it.
- CamperBob2 3y agoAllowing them to block human intellectual progress may not be the long-term win you assume it is.
- threeseed 3y agoAnd some would argue that billion dollar companies like OpenAI, Meta etc should figure out a way to compensate the people who created the content they depend on.
- CamperBob2 3y agoMaking the uncensored, unbiased, un-"aligned" results available to all for a fair price is compensation enough, I think. That's what we should be pushing for. Whether demon or genie, any notion of putting this tech back in the bottle is a non-starter. As is turning it into a giant money grab for the copyright industry.
- smoldesu 3y agoThat hasn't protected copywritten works in the past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors_Guild,_Inc._v._Google,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors_Guild,_Inc._v._Google,....