They aren’t consuming media. They are reselling it.
They aren’t downloading a film to watch or “illegally” accessing a text.
They are using the unpaid labour of other humans as their product and will gouge the rest of society for it through entertainment media, civil infrastructure and healthcare.
Whilst your pithy, cliched statement is fun to throw around when we talk about torrenting a marvel movie, it’s completely useless in this context.
It’s a shame that 6 years ago, lemmy would have agreed with you. They forgot that copyright is bad suddenly because of a new invention. Copyright needs to be abolished, it’s a hold over from pre-capitalism.
most people who “pirate” aren’t doing it for a massive profit, unlike these AI companies. it’s morally reprehensible that AI companies are taking other people’s work, often copyrighted, and selling their stolen data for a massive profit. if fuckerberg can pirate TERABYTES of ebooks, my downloading of some movies should not be illegal.
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This isn’t piracy though.
They aren’t consuming media. They are reselling it.
They aren’t downloading a film to watch or “illegally” accessing a text.
They are using the unpaid labour of other humans as their product and will gouge the rest of society for it through entertainment media, civil infrastructure and healthcare.
Whilst your pithy, cliched statement is fun to throw around when we talk about torrenting a marvel movie, it’s completely useless in this context.
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It’s a shame that 6 years ago, lemmy would have agreed with you. They forgot that copyright is bad suddenly because of a new invention. Copyright needs to be abolished, it’s a hold over from pre-capitalism.
I don’t think pithy means what you think it means.
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How’s that working out for you, chief?
… But more sensibly, the argument you are using enables corporations to steal the work and labour of individuals.
It is the argument that means only middle class wealthy individuals get to make art.
It’s a shite argument, and it’s been debunked a ton of times.
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But surely something has to be said for taking ones work, repackaging it, claiming it’s yours, and selling it as a product, no?
Point being that I think just calling it “piracy” seems a bit reductive…
most people who “pirate” aren’t doing it for a massive profit, unlike these AI companies. it’s morally reprehensible that AI companies are taking other people’s work, often copyrighted, and selling their stolen data for a massive profit. if fuckerberg can pirate TERABYTES of ebooks, my downloading of some movies should not be illegal.
I agree, you downloading some movies should not be illegal, especially if they are more than a few years old.
That it is illegal doesnt make training a network theft, nothing was taken away from anyone. Other than their expections of rental income from “IP”.
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