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piracy isn't theft.
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...
sure, and that something is that copyright and intellectual property is capitalist nonsense. nobody "owns" ideas, and the only ethical issue with AI is that nothing should ever be sold, whether it's made with AI or not.
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.
here's another pithy, cliched statement for you. copyright and intellectual property is capitalist nonsense that should be ignored. ideas can't be owned. what's yours is mine, and what's mine is yours. nobody owns any media. the only ethical issue with AI is that nothing should be sold, whether it's made with AI or not.
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.
I know exactly what it means, I was using it sarcastically to make fun of your rather stupid argument.
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.
it's working fine. thank you.
so your problem is with capitalism, and not this fictional "theft" of art.
nobody is stopping anyone from making art.
if that makes you sleep better, then you do you. I don't really mind if some liberal I'll never meet wants to claim nonsense that'll never affect me on the internet. ideas are free, they belong to everyone, and I'll keep copying and using digital media in whatever way I want.