This court finds AI guilty of copyright infringement.
The penalty will be... NOTHING!
this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2026
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If you think this will turn the tide I both envy how un- jaded you are and worry that you really aren't paying attention.
Just like the tariffs, they will use this to steal our money ... they will use tax money to pay the crony companies that play victim.
This is great progress. Curious to see how the Supreme Court eventually rules
"Ya this is illegal. Your fine is 60$"
A law is useless unless it’s enforced. We live in an era where courts say a lot of shit but the legal system doesn’t back it up.
Immediately made me think of Betteridge's law of headlines.
I will remain cautiously optimistic but until it makes it through Supreme Court it's not a done deal.
"It was not."
Now I feel bad for basing my programming career on material I apparently "stole" from books and other copyrighted sources. Hell, sometimes I even straight-up copypasted example code. I blame society.
Copyright law is as copyright law does.