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OpenAI has demonstrated that copyright no longer matters given its commercialization of the content of the Internet without attribution or royalties.



As much as I hope that's the case, it's also likely that it only seems that way because legal processes are slow especially when it comes to issues with almost no precident that fundementally challenge the assumptions of US law


As much as I would like to believe in the rule of law, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple, and others are all going to be able to pour enough lobbying dollars on this to smother any regulations or findings of wrongdoing. AI killed copyright.

For small companies and individuals, however, it’s still very much alive. Napster isn’t coming back.


Napster was obsoleted a very long time ago, it doesn't need to come back. "you wanna buy a tower records Eduardo?"




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