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this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2024
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IP law used to compensate creators "until their death + 70 years"... you can spin it however you want, that's just plain wrong.
That's a separate bonkers legislation. Two wrongs don't make one right.
I never said I like IP law. I explicitly said it shouldn't exist. I wish they'd strip out any post-humous ownership, absolutely. But I'm fine beating OpenAI over the head with that or any other law. Whether I advocate for or against copyright law will ultimately have no impact on its existence, so I may as well cheer it on when it's used to hurt corporations, and condemn it when it's used to protect corporations over individuals.
I'm not talking about the legislation, I'm talking about the mindset, which is very prevalent in the pro-AI tech spaces. Go to HackerNews and see just how hard the AI-bros there will fellate each other over "corporate rights".
My whole point is that there is nothing logically inconsistent with being against IP law, but also understanding that since its existence is reality, leveraging it as best as possible (i.e. to hurt corporations).