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Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by kelnos on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @04:53PM (#39019661)
> Copyright only makes any sense for goods with a high fixed cost of production and low to zero marginal cost.

If that's the case, then novels, news articles, digital images, etc. are things that copyright absolutely makes sense for. If you think that they have a "low cost of production", you are sadly misinformed about the artistic process.

Some of these have vanishingly low marginal costs when it comes to reproduction, but in light of their high fixed cost of production, I don't see how that matters.

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Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by MacsHeadroom on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @11:04PM (#39023135)
Novels maybe. News articles, with rare exception, and digital images absolutely do not have high fixed costs of production.
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