Waymo, the autonomous driving tech firm whose so-called ‘robo-taxis’ are now roaming the streets of London, has allegedly told cycling campaigners that expecting their driverless cars to respect cycle lanes is “too high a bar” – because their customers want to be dropped off in them.But Waymo has denied making such a claim, instead pointing ... Read more
Copying is not theft. “Copyright” is actually a privilege, a copy monopoly. Its original length of 10 years was a reasonable compromise between the right to freely share culture and the desire for artists to be able to live off of the incomes of their work. The current “70 years after creator’s death” is absurd and oppressive.
The real problem is that AI companies copyright/monopolize the things they copied.
What are you even talking about? The real problem is that the AI companies are not being held accountable for breaking the law. Who cares what the original implementation of copyright law was? Why do AI companies get to play by different rules (hint capitalism)
The main objective of free software is to destroy copyright. To be fair, AI did a lot more than Stallman and the GPL license in that regard.