If your corporation's business model relies on lawbreaking, your corporation has no legal legitimacy.

We don't let narcotic cartels and trafficking rings list themselves on the stock exchange: why should OpenAI or Facebook be any different?

@cstross

Either copyright exists or it doesn't. The law needs to catch up quick.

@GracelessHippo @cstross actually the application of copyright law to AI plagiarism just needs to be clarified and then enforced: let's hasten the bankruptcy of these vultures before they do more damage.

@marjolica @cstross

That's exactly what I was driving at 👍

@marjolica
Or we could use the opportunity to completely get rid of IP altogether.
If artists can't have it, no one can.
@GracelessHippo @cstross