Sure, they just want it handed over on a silver platter. And the companies can't be bothered to give anything in return. Not even a notice on what they took. They get a special exemption from copyright, the other side gets less than nothing.
this post was submitted on 18 May 2025
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The main government proposal is to let AI firms use copyright-protected work to build their models without permission, unless the copyright holders signal they do not want their work to be used in that process – a solution that critics say is impractical and unworkable.
The critics are right, this sounds ridiculous. Like, how would it work if a work is updated to include such an opt-out, does the copyright holder have to tell every AI company about the change, or do AI companies have to continuously monitor the material they use for updates? It better not be the later as AI companies are already bad enough with their horrendous scraping of the web.