GenAI tools ‘could not exist’ if firms are made to pay copyright::undefined

    • hglman@lemmy.ml
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      10 months ago

      So if a tool is involved, it’s no longer ok? So, people with glasses cannot consume copyrighted material?

    • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 months ago

      What’s the difference? Humans are just the intent suppliers, the rest of the art is mostly made possible by software, whether photoshop or stable diffusion.

    • Marcbmann@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I don’t agree. The publisher of the material does not get to dictate what it is used for. What are we protecting at the end of the day and why?

      In the case of a textbook, someone worked hard to explain certain materials in a certain way to make the material easily digestible. They produced examples to explain concepts. Reproducing and disseminating that material would be unfair to the author who worked hard to produce it.

      But the author does not have jurisdiction over the knowledge gained. They cannot tell the reader that they are forbidden from using the knowledge gained to tutor another person in calculus. That would be absurd.

      IP law protects the works of the creator. The author of a calculus textbook did not invent calculus. As such, copyright law does not apply.