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Glyn Moody May 4, 2023

#Germany wants to include #copyright infringement as an example of “digital violence” - https://walledculture.org/germany-wants-to-include-copyright-infringement-as-an-example-of-digital-violence/ this is where #CopyrightMaximalism leads...

Germany wants to include copyright infringement as an example of “digital violence”

<p>The hyperbolic rhetoric that is a feature of the copyright industry, which tries absurdly to characterise making an additional digital copy as “theft”, can lead to some serious legislative harm. For example, Germany is currently aiming to bring in a new law against “digital violence” – things like bullying and stalking, but also identity abuse …</p>

Peter Kisner ≈May 2, 2023

The Artificial Intelligence That Deleted A Century by Tom Scott

https://youtu.be/-JlxuQ7tPgQ

(On AI and the joy of copyright maximalism.)
#AI #CopyrightMaximalism #SoftDystopia #Fiction #SciFi

The Artificial Intelligence That Deleted A Century

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LisPi Feb 3, 2023

I wonder what stupendous and insane mental gymnastics #CopyrightMaximalist scum come up with to justify their actions to themselves that don't fall apart on their own.

How can you rationalize "I'm going to hold #culture, #knowledge and #information hostage for profit?" to perceive it as anything other than heinous?

#Copyright #CopyrightMaximalism

LisPi Jan 31, 2023

@argumento Don't forget the #CopyrightMaximalism

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Cory Doctorow Jan 11, 2023

Decades of #CopyrightMaximalism has convinced millions of people that anything you can imagine is #IntellectualProperty, and that this is indistinguishable from real property, which means that no one can use it without your permission.

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Evan Greer 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 17, 2022

This is something I'm really worried about. We need a response to AI generated art that doesn't depend on expanding surveillance or censorship (through stricter IP enforcement) or criminalize research etc (by expanding CFAA to include image scraping for example)

We've been down this exact road before, from the creation of the VCR to the explosion of the Internet. #CopyrightMaximalism does not help artists. Period. We need a better way. #copyright #AI #AIart #NoAIart #artificialintelligence