It’s not stealing and your saying it is is the real lack of ethics. Greed over intellectual property has already wrecked huge amounts our culture as money grubbers try to monetize the joy contributed by the public.
@tqwhite @timnitGebru @DataDrivenMD
Who are the money grubbers?
artists who can't afford rent?
can you clarify?
@CrowquillGal @timnitGebru @DataDrivenMD
Yes I can.
Artists who can’t pay rent are not going to lose anything. They already are working two jobs to subsidize their passion.
Unless, of course, they are a Louisiana blues man who had to sell his intellectual property because he could not find a job. In that case he also has nothing to lose because he doesn’t have anything anymore.
@tqwhite @timnitGebru @DataDrivenMD
Should artists who cannot pay rent have their work used to enrich someone else and receive no profit?
@CrowquillGal @timnitGebru @DataDrivenMD
Should I get sued for playing the song my wife and I played when we fell in love because I did not pay NAASCAP (or whatever it is)?
There are losers either way. Intellectual@property is an oxymoron.
@tqwhite @timnitGebru @DataDrivenMD
no one sues you for playing music.
People can sue you for profiting from their music, without their consent.
Who are the money grubbers?
Who is allowed to profit from creative work?
Techbros who scrape the internet for images they don't bother to license from?
or the people educating themselves, purchasing the materials and tools required, and putting the time in to create something?
@CrowquillGal @timnitGebru @DataDrivenMD
that would be incorrect. Obviously it’s rare that people get caught or that anyone exerts the effort but it is 100% actionable if you have your kids band play commercial music at your wedding without a license.
@tqwhite @timnitGebru @DataDrivenMD
Licenses are the means by which Artists are able to write, practice, perform, record, and promote the art your kid is performing.
None of that is free.
Timnit Gebru (she/her).
tqwhite
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