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  1. Miguel Afonso Caetano @[email protected] ·

    So-called "artists" in favor of monopoly rights and endless rent extraction. What else is new?

    "Every invention has brought predictions of copyright’s demise: the daguerreotype, the phonograph, radio, cassettes, home video and the internet. All those predictions were premature, and Britain’s soft power flourished as a result.

    A belief has taken hold that progress can’t happen without the abolition of some of our oldest rights. That it’s only theft when individuals steal. That corporations don’t steal, they innovate. If you believe all this, you might as well stock your bookshelves with fantasy."

    ft.com/content/48532284-9244-4

    #AI #GenerativeAI #AITraining #Copyrght #Monopolies #Rentism #RentExtraction

    #ai #generativeai #aitraining #copyrght #monopolies #rentism
  2. Miguel Afonso Caetano @[email protected] ·

    "Canada’s major news organizations have sued tech firm OpenAI for potentially billions of dollars, alleging the company is “strip-mining journalism” and unjustly enriching itself by using news articles to train its popular ChatGPT software.

    The suit, filed on Friday in Ontario’s superior court of justice, calls for punitive damages, a share of profits made by OpenAI from using the news organizations’ articles, and an injunction barring the San Francisco-based company from using any of the news articles in the future.

    “These artificial intelligence companies cannibalize proprietary content and are free-riding on the backs of news publishers who invest real money to employ real journalists who produce real stories for real people,” said Paul Deegan, president of News Media Canada.

    “They are strip-mining journalism while substantially, unjustly and unlawfully enriching themselves to the detriment of publishers.”

    The litigants include the Globe and Mail, the Canadian Press, the CBC, the Toronto Star, Metroland Media and Postmedia. They want up to C$20,000 in damages for each article used by OpenAI, suggesting a victory in court could be worth billions."

    #AI #GenerativeAI #AITraining #RentExtraction #Rentism #Feudalism #Copyright #IP

    theguardian.com/world/2024/nov

    #ai #generativeai #aitraining #rentextraction #rentism #feudalism