Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web

https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/18848765

Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web - SDF Chatter

copying is not theft

“Copying is theft” is the argument of corporarions for ages, but if they want or data and information, to integrate into their business, then, suddenly they have the rights to it.

If copying is not theft, then we have the rights to copy their software and AI models, as well, since it is available on the open web.

They got themselves into quite a contradiction.

If copying is not theft, then we have the rights to copy their software

No we don’t, copying copyrighted material is copyright infringement. Which is illegal. that does not make it theft though.
Oversimplifying the issue makes for an uninformed debate.

any content you produce is automatically copyrighted