Comment on Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa among artists urging British Prime Minister Starmer to rethink his AI copyright plans

• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That is definitely one of the most cooked takes I’ve heard in a while.

  Why would anyone create anything if it can immediately be copied with no compensation to you?

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  • GooseG17@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Creation is its own incentive.

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    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And I can buy groceries with thoughts and prayers.

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      • thewedtdeservedit@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Do you make any money out of copyrights?

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      • godownloadacar@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Maybe you can download them. Apparently download is theft

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  • Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Creation happened before intellectual property laws existed.

    Creation happens that can be immediately copied with no compensation now, open source software is an example.

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    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How many authors do you think would have written the books they did, if they weren’t able to make a living from their work? Most of the people creating works before copyright either had a patron of some description, or outright worked for an organisation.

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      • Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The specific works? Who knows. It’s irrelevant

        My point is your original premise was wrong. Creation DID happen without IP laws. People DO create with out the need for compensation.

        I propose, people will create things because they always have.

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      • bufalo1973@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You should read the opinion of Steven King about that precise point. The short version: “I’d write books even if it was illegal”.

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  • Scrollone@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think copyright should last maximum 10 years. Plenty of time to earn enough from your creation.

    Imagine how advanced we would be, as a civilization, if everything created before 2015 was free for everybody.

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    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Honestly, I think our world would be a lot blander, and we’d have a whole lot less original content.

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      • thewedtdeservedit@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You probably only consume Hollywood prechewed crap and universal soup they call “music”

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  • Vespair@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You know that for the vast majority of human history copyright didn’t exist, and yet people still created art and culture, right?

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  • 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t see how allowing AI robbery barons to steal copyrighted material would benefit a small fish in the pond of IP

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  • Aux@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The original copyright law was created to protect authors from publishers. The current law is an abomination and should be removed.

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    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You’re probably right, but saying we should abolish it altogether is insane. There’s a good reason we have these laws.

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      • Aux@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        There are no good reasons.

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• thewedtdeservedit@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Exactly. Paul Mc Cartney have been trained on copyrighted material and should give his money back to the majors

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