dwazou@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-217 days agoPaul McCartney and Dua Lipa urge UK Prime Minister to rethink his AI copyright plans. A new law could soon allow AI companies to use copyrighted material without permission. www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square323linkfedilinkarrow-up1955arrow-down122cross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
arrow-up1933arrow-down1external-linkPaul McCartney and Dua Lipa urge UK Prime Minister to rethink his AI copyright plans. A new law could soon allow AI companies to use copyrighted material without permission. www.theguardian.comdwazou@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-217 days agomessage-square323linkfedilinkcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
minus-squareAux@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·16 days agoThe original copyright law was created to protect authors from publishers. The current law is an abomination and should be removed.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·16 days agoYou’re probably right, but saying we should abolish it altogether is insane. There’s a good reason we have these laws.
minus-squareAux@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·16 days agoThere are no good reasons.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·16 days agoReally? Artists getting paid for their work isn’t a good reason?
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minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoSo what’s the alternative? How else would a professional artist make a living?
minus-squareAux@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·16 days agoYou don’t need a copyright for that. Copyright doesn’t pay anyone anything.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·15 days agoI genuinely feel like I’m talking to a wall here.
minus-squareAux@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·15 days agoThat’s because you don’t understand what copyright legally is.
The original copyright law was created to protect authors from publishers. The current law is an abomination and should be removed.
You’re probably right, but saying we should abolish it altogether is insane. There’s a good reason we have these laws.
There are no good reasons.
Really? Artists getting paid for their work isn’t a good reason?
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So what’s the alternative? How else would a professional artist make a living?
You don’t need a copyright for that. Copyright doesn’t pay anyone anything.
I genuinely feel like I’m talking to a wall here.
That’s because you don’t understand what copyright legally is.