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Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'

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jacquesm · 1789726316 · focus · HN ↗
It's the robbery of all of our culture to sell it back to us at a mark-up. Crimes this large are crimes against humanity. So many people whose life's work got appropriated without consideration, compensation or consent it is baffling.
It is said that at the heart of every great fortune there is a great crime, so it should be no surprise that the most valuable companies on the planet will most likely result from this crime. And given that justice can be bought by those with the most money you can forget about anything coming of this.
1. cluckindan · 1789730854 · focus · HN ↗
  Works produced by AI are not copyrightable. Are they in the public domain? Can an entity sell unique works which are in the public domain?
  1. card_zero · 1789731271 · focus · HN ↗
    Yes? I own a lot of books that were public domain when published (as reprints). I could read them on Gutenberg, but I'm paying for the nice paper formatting.

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