@dwazou@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-21 month agoPaul McCartney and Dua Lipa urge UK Prime Minister to rethink his AI copyright plans. A new law could soon allow AI companies to use copyrighted material without permission. www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square338arrow-up1961cross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
arrow-up1961external-linkPaul McCartney and Dua Lipa urge UK Prime Minister to rethink his AI copyright plans. A new law could soon allow AI companies to use copyrighted material without permission. www.theguardian.com@dwazou@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-21 month agomessage-square338cross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
minus-square@Aux@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoThe original copyright law was created to protect authors from publishers. The current law is an abomination and should be removed.
minus-square@Ilovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoYou’re probably right, but saying we should abolish it altogether is insane. There’s a good reason we have these laws.
minus-square@Ilovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoReally? Artists getting paid for their work isn’t a good reason?
minus-square@Aux@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoYou don’t need a copyright for that. Copyright doesn’t pay anyone anything.
minus-square@Ilovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoI genuinely feel like I’m talking to a wall here.
minus-square@Aux@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoThat’s because you don’t understand what copyright legally is.
minus-square@godownloadacar@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 month agoArTistS gettiNg paId (after universal gets a 40% cuts because you used the snare sample from Taylor swift ofc)
minus-square@Ilovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoSo what’s the alternative? How else would a professional artist make a living?
The original copyright law was created to protect authors from publishers. The current law is an abomination and should be removed.
You’re probably right, but saying we should abolish it altogether is insane. There’s a good reason we have these laws.
There are no good reasons.
Really? Artists getting paid for their work isn’t a good reason?
You don’t need a copyright for that. Copyright doesn’t pay anyone anything.
I genuinely feel like I’m talking to a wall here.
That’s because you don’t understand what copyright legally is.
ArTistS gettiNg paId (after universal gets a 40% cuts because you used the snare sample from Taylor swift ofc)
So what’s the alternative? How else would a professional artist make a living?