EFF to Courts: Don't Rewrite Copyright over AI Hype

Re:EFF to Courts: Don't Rewrite Copyright over AI Hype by criddell on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @09:33AM (#49521825)

Maybe the strategy is to try to build up some steam behind the abolish copyright movement to move the Overton window a bit.

If IP owners see actual support behind abolishing copyright, maybe rolling back to min(30, life of author) years of protection would seem like a more reasonable compromise.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:EFF to Courts: Don't Rewrite Copyright over AI Hype by drdexebtjl on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:00AM (#49522886)

min(30, life of author) kinda makes a perverse incentive to kill the author, no?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:EFF to Courts: Don't Rewrite Copyright over AI Hype by criddell on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:12AM (#49523066)

I have term life insurance that provides the same incentive and I'm not particularly worried.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:EFF to Courts: Don't Rewrite Copyright over AI Hype by Aerroon on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @09:58AM (#49522108)

I thought that was always the point. A world without any copyright at all obviously doesn't function.

[ Parent | on HN ]