• Mii@awful.systems
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      2 months ago

      There are many good reasons to be critical of copyright, especially because it has been abused so much. Allowing big tech grifters unlimited access to everything everyone ever puts online because they promise to “democratize art” when all they really do it feed it into their spicy autocomplete engines which then flood the internet with AI sludge is not one of them.

      Especially when the same fucking people then do a 180 and want protection for the shit their roided Clippy puked out.

    • jaschop@awful.systems
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      2 months ago

      This isn’t a copyright thing. This is a tech regulation thing, that creates the possibility for data protection agencies to stick their noses in AI company’s business.

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        2 months ago

        General purpose” mostly means LLMs. Companies have a year to write documentation and promise to follow copyright.

        Says it right there

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            2 months ago

            Next time Lars Ulrich sues you you’ll be able to say you needed the Some Kind of Monster mp3s for AI research. It’s foolproof.

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      2 months ago

      Sure, but this isn’t about making copyright stricter, but just making it explicit that the existing law applies to AI tech.

      I’m very critical of copyright law, but letting specifically big tech pretend like they’re not distributing derivative work because it’s derived from billions of works on the internet is not the gateway to copyright abolition I’d hope to see.