Tbf that number was originally like 20+ years and then Disney lobbied several times to expand it
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Fedizen@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Make the AI folks use public domain training data or nothing and maybe we’ll see the “life of the author + 75 years” bullshit get scaled back to something reasonable.
yokonzo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
19 years. It wasn’t life of the author either. It was 19 years after creation date plus an option to renew for another 19 at the end of that period. It was sensible. That’s why we don’t do it anymore.
fossphi@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Wow, I really really like this take. These corporate bitches want to eat there cake and have it, too.
patatahooligan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Exactly this. I can’t believe how many comments I’ve read accusing the AI critics of holding back progress with regressive copyright ideas. No, the regressive ideas are already there, codified as law, holding the rest of us back. Holding AI companies accountable for their copyright violations will force them to either push to reform the copyright system completely, or to change their practices for the better (free software, free datasets, non-commercial uses, real non-profit orgs for the advancement of the technology). Either way we have a lot to gain by forcing them to improve the situation. Giving AI companies a free pass on the copyright system will waste what is probably the best opportunity we have ever had to improve the copyright system.
JustZ@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They let the Mouse die finally, maybe there is hope for change.
skulblaka@startrek.website 5 months ago
The Mouse isn’t dead, he is risen anew. Freed from the shackles of his creators, he is now more powerful than he could ever have hoped to be before. The mighty tremble beneath the footsteps of old Steamboat Willie. He is a living sign of a new era, one in which it is possible to strike back against his old captors.
JustZ@lemmy.world 5 months ago
What a great take!