Why do people who hate IP laws/copyright think we should be allowing AI companies to copy the whole internet when pirates still get arrested for piracy? - eviltoast

Do they think the hands-off treatment that giant corporations that basically print money get is going to somehow “trickle down” to them, too?

Because last I checked, the guys who ran Jetflicks are facing jail time. Like, potentially longer jail time than most murder sentences.

…but letting OpenAI essentially do the same without consequences will mean Open Source AI people will somehow get the same hands-off treatment? That just reeks of bullshit to me.

I just don’t fucking buy it and letting massive corporations just skirt IP laws while everyone else gets fucked hard by those same IP laws just doesn’t seem like the best hill to die on, yet plenty of people who are anti-copyright/anti-IP laws are dying on this fucking hill.

What gives?

I am personally of the opinion that current IP/copyright laws are draconian, but that IP/copyright isn’t inherently a bad thing. I just know, based on previous history in the US, that letting the Big Guys skirt laws almost never leads to Little Guys getting similar treatment.

Also, I hope this is an okay place for this rant. Thanks for keeping this space awesome. Please remove if this is inappropriate for this forum, please and thank you.

  • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Nobody thinks that. We’re way more irrational than that. We hate copyright because of the copyright trolling and companies using leverage instead of trading value. We want the pirates freed, and we wanna get rid of the AI people so our little sisters can keep their income selling their shitty furry porn commissions. Real art isn’t going anywhere. It’s the low-medium skill stuff that’s completely invalidated.