For example, I know artists who are vehemently against DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, etc. and regard it as stealing, but they view Copilot and GPT-3 as merely useful tools. I also know software devs who are extremely excited about AI art and GPT-3 but are outraged by Copilot.
For myself, I am skeptical of intellectual property in the first place. I say go for it.
When Microsoft steals all code on their platform and sells it, they get lauded. When "Open" AI steals thousands of copyrighted images and sells them, they get lauded.
I am skeptical of imaginary property myself, but fuck this one set of rules for the poor, another set of rules for the masses.
That can't possibly be a valid claim, right? AFAIK copyright is "gone" after the original author dies + ~70 years. Before fairly recently it was even shorter. Something from 1640 surely can't be claimed under copyright protection. There are much more recent changes where that might not be the case, but 1640?
> When Jane Rando uses devtools to check a website source code she gets sued.
Again, that doesn't sound like a valid suit. Surely she would win? In the few cases I've heard of where suits like this are brought against someone they've easily won them.
It has indeed happened.
https://boingboing.net/2018/09/05/mozart-bach-sorta-mach.htm...
Sony later withdrew their copyright claim.
There are two pieces to copyright when it comes to public domain:
* The work (song) itself -- can't copyright that
* The recording -- you are the copyright owner. No one, without your permission, can re-post your recording
And of course, there is derivative work. You own any portion that is derivative of the original work.
Right, that's my point... I can sue anyone for anything, doesn't mean I'll win.