> It's ridiculous, sure but is it less ridiculous than AI companies claiming that the copyrights shouldn't apply to them because it will be bad for their business?
Since that wasn't ever a real argument, your strawman is indeed ridiculous.
The argument is that requiring people to have a special license to process text with an algorithm is a dramatic expansion of the power of copyright law. Expansions of copyright law will inherently advantage large corporate users over individuals as we see already happening here.
New York Times thinks that they have the right to spy on the entire world to see if anyone might be trying to read articles for free.
That is the problem with copyright. That is why copyright power needs to be dramatically curtailed, not dramatically expanded.
Since that wasn't ever a real argument, your strawman is indeed ridiculous.
The argument is that requiring people to have a special license to process text with an algorithm is a dramatic expansion of the power of copyright law. Expansions of copyright law will inherently advantage large corporate users over individuals as we see already happening here.
New York Times thinks that they have the right to spy on the entire world to see if anyone might be trying to read articles for free.
That is the problem with copyright. That is why copyright power needs to be dramatically curtailed, not dramatically expanded.