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> Such a dream is completely impossible when rightsholders demand everyone pay for training data, rather than sharing in the profits of the result. It’s backwar
by vasco 3y ago
> Such a dream is completely impossible when rightsholders demand everyone pay for training data, rather than sharing in the profits of the result. It’s backwards. The actual market profit is what matters
I like the way you think, can I also get free books at the store if I'm just reading them for learning and will only make money with the knowledge later, or if I promise that I won't put it in practice?
I did a similar deal in university but had to return books to the library every week so I like your plan better.
- pwagland 3y agoOne big difference with your university analogy is that the university _did_ pay for the resource, often way more than you would as a private citizen, since it is for sharing purposes. Even worse, for e-books, libraries are often limited to how often they can lend the book out, and this was done since physical books "degrade" over time, and so have a limited lend-life, the idea is that the same should hold true for digital books as well… I get the point behind your sarcasm of the first sentence, since that is the essence of the problem.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoWell yeah, people sometimes read whole books in a store. Though this use case is done better in facilities that specifically support it - libraries. If you really need to take the books back with you, that's what the library copy machine is for.