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Re:Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright in... by throw10920 on Monday July 10, 2023 @07:17PM (#36674344)
> Nothing was stolen- just copied.

This typical semantic-pedantry line from piracy apologists misses the point - piracy is theft-adjacent even if you get to pick your use of "theft". Incidentally, my definition of "theft", and that of most content creators, includes the act of consuming something without compensating the creator on their terms - which includes piracy.

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Re:Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright in... by akomtu on Monday July 10, 2023 @11:55PM (#36676242)
It's pretty wild to see how piracy - the act of robbing a sea vessel - gets equated today with reading a book you weren't supposed to read.
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Re:Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright in... by throw10920 on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @08:45PM (#36689088)
"Pretty wild" - standard emotional manipulation. Not appropriate on HN.
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Re:Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright in... by rightbyte on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @07:01AM (#36679237)
Patents and copyright is like "steal an idea" which is kinder garden level of reasoning.

"I thought of it first! It was my idea!"

It is in no way comparable to theft.

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Re:Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright in... by rowanG077 on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @08:41AM (#36680165)
A fundamental property of theft is that the action deprives someone of something they had. Piracy is not theft-adjacent. It has nothing do to with theft. It's a completely different concept.
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Re:Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright in... by throw10920 on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @08:45PM (#36689082)
No, a fundamental property of theft is that it is the taking of that which does not belong to you - which clearly includes piracy.
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Re:Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright in... by rowanG077 on Thursday July 13, 2023 @04:30PM (#36715558)
That's an interesting thought. So when I overhear a conversation which was not aimed at me I am stealing. Quite an interesting definition with widereaching implication
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