• cmhe@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    “Copying is theft” is the argument of corporations for ages, but if they want our 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.

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      4 months ago

      You realize that half of Lemmy is tying themselves in inconsistent logical knots trying to escape the reverse conundrum?

      Copying isn’t stealing and never was. Our IP system that artificially restricts information has never made sense in the digital age, and yet now everyone is on here cheering copyright on.

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      4 months ago

      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.