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Filippo Valsorda

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In 2020, under lockdown, I was in calls with some amazing lawyers to push back against the RIAA's ridiculous claim that youtube-dl was illegal. github.blog/2020-11-16-s...

That is to say, if you are cheering them on now because you hate AI, you forget what copyright maximalism is.

Just block me.

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Filippo Valsorda's avatar Filippo Valsorda @filippo.abyssdomain.expert
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Again, the only thing copyright maximalism can deliver is a world where AI models are very expensive and licensed from the likes of Getty and Universal Studios, not a world without AI.

Here it is spelled out in the Ars Technica article. arstechnica.com/information-...

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Michael R Lambert's avatar Michael R Lambert @mrl53.bsky.social
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Thank you.

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ice.cream.assassin's avatar ice.cream.assassin @icassassin.bsky.social
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Do these people cheering on the RIAA remember the nineties.

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Micheál Keane's avatar Micheál Keane @aexia.bsky.social
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looking forward to a future where every creative must tithe to the hedge fund that owns the copyright to every work that ever slightly inspired their own works.

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EmergentWake's avatar EmergentWake @emergentwake.bsky.social
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A lot of people really struggle with the idea that both parties to a conflict can both be absolutely fucking awful.

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