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Re:Is A.I. The Death of I.P.? by andrewmutz on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @02:27PM (#39032218)
I agree but I would word it a bit differently: Copyright isn't some fixed, timeless thing. It has been continuously modified to suit the times and to adapt to technological change.

Rather than try to reason about how existing copyright law applies to AI models, we should be focused on changing copyright law to work well in a world with AI.

We can balance the incentives of content creators with the incentives of the users and creators of AI models. I'm confident we can do it because we've done it every time in the past when technology has changed, and AI models will be no different.

Re:Is A.I. The Death of I.P.? by ToucanLoucan on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @02:35PM (#39032330)
> It has been continuously modified to suit the times and to adapt to technological change.

And to suit the whims of sufficiently large and influential media conglomerates.

Yes, you, as an indie creator, have the exact same intellectual property rights as Disney. But if Disney steals something you made, who's going to win that fight?

Re:Is A.I. The Death of I.P.? by mcmoor on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @06:25PM (#39035099)
I'm pessimistic precisely because we haven't done it anytime in the past, DMCA and copyright is notoriously bad for all sides.