But then they sue the Internet Archive for hosting a library for the betterment of society. Capitalism is a plague.
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watson - 1.1yr
Capitalism = organized crime
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AllNewTypeFace @leminal.space - 1.1yr
Owned by Rupert Murdoch, who has done more harm to the world than probably anyone who wasn’t an actual dictator, so unsurprising.
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acockworkorange - 1.1yr
Still a toss between him and some dictators.
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IninewCrow - 1.1yr
Who says everything that's ever been produced and being created right now (including this comment) isn't just being mass collected and dumped into a LLM right now?
It's like pirating digital data like a movie or ebook, everyone is told not to do it but everyone is capable.
Do you think capitalist, money hungry media companies haven't already done it.
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chickenf622 @sh.itjust.works - 1.1yr
If this is opt-out by default it's at least not a complete dick move. The hard limit of $2500 compensation for opting in? Definitely a dick move.
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MajorHavoc @programming.dev - 1.1yr
It's still a dick move, because Harper Collins has a huge amount of oligopoly power. Any supposed concession is likely of no real use to any authors who rely on the big companies to get published.
fossilesque in academia
HarperCollins Confirms It Has a Deal to Sell Authors' Work to AI Company
https://www.404media.co/harpercollins-ai-deal/But then they sue the Internet Archive for hosting a library for the betterment of society. Capitalism is a plague.
Capitalism = organized crime
Owned by Rupert Murdoch, who has done more harm to the world than probably anyone who wasn’t an actual dictator, so unsurprising.
Still a toss between him and some dictators.
Who says everything that's ever been produced and being created right now (including this comment) isn't just being mass collected and dumped into a LLM right now?
It's like pirating digital data like a movie or ebook, everyone is told not to do it but everyone is capable.
Do you think capitalist, money hungry media companies haven't already done it.
If this is opt-out by default it's at least not a complete dick move. The hard limit of $2500 compensation for opting in? Definitely a dick move.
It's still a dick move, because Harper Collins has a huge amount of oligopoly power. Any supposed concession is likely of no real use to any authors who rely on the big companies to get published.