Tech companies believe in intellectual property, but not yours.

The Hypocrisy at the Heart of the AI Industry https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/hypocrisy-ai-industry/686477/

The Hypocrisy at the Heart of the AI Industry

Tech companies believe in intellectual property, but not yours.

The Atlantic
@nixCraft alternatively, "copyright all the things and make a byzantine 'rights' system like the hellscape that is music licensing" is ALSO not the way. Information should be accessible to all. Aaron Swartz died for this and y'know what? I will too, if that's what it takes. Sorry not sorry.
@codinghorror @nixCraft Jeff, as you know, there is an enormous gigantic dissymmetry between common openness fighters and absurdly financed tech giants, so it's unfair that copyright can be enforced to social activists (like individuals, OSS projects...) but not to mega corps because just piles of money. It's not byzantine to fight for an equal system and same opportunities for persons and companies.
@olea @codinghorror @nixCraft I don't want companies and people to have the same rights. I want people to have *more* rights, and companies very few.