It’s not stealing, its not even ‘piracy’ which also is not stealing.
Copyright laws need to be scaled back, to not criminalize socially accepted behavior, not expand.
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TommySoda@lemmy.world 2 months agoI mean, you’re not necessarily wrong. But that doesn’t change the fact that it’s still stealing, which was my point. Just because laws haven’t caught up to it yet doesn’t make it any less of a shitty thing to do.
freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It’s not stealing though. The original source material is still there. They just made a copy of it. Just like online pirates do.
TommySoda@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well they make a profit off of it, so yes. I have nothing against piracy, but if you’re reselling it that’s a different story.
ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 2 months ago
But piracy saves you money which is effectively the same as making a profit. Also, it’s not just that they’re selling other people’s work for profit. You’re also paying for the insane amount of computing power it takes to train and run the AI plus salaries of the workers etc.
Octopus1348@lemy.lol 2 months ago
When I analyze a melody I play on a piano, I see that it reflects the music I heard that day or sometimes, even music I heard and liked years ago.
Having parts similar or a part that is (coincidentally) identical to a part from another song is not stealing and does not infringe upon any law.
takeda@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You guys are missing a fundamental point. The copyright was created to protect an author for specific amount of time so somebody else doesn’t profit from their work essentially stealing their deserved revenue.
LLM AI was created to do exactly that.