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OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use (arstechnica.com)
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[–] T156@lemmy.world 79 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There's also an argument that if the business was that reliant on free things to start with, then it shouldn't be a business.

No-one would bat their eyes if the CEO of a real estate company was sobbing that it's the end of the rental market, because the company is no longer allowed to get houses for free.

[–] Glent@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Businesses relying on free things. Logging, mining, ranching, and oil come to mind. Extracting free resources of the land belonging to the public, destroying those public lands and selling those resources back to the public at an exorbitant markup.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You misspelled capitalism.

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unregulated capitalism. That’s why people in dominant market positions want less regulation.

[–] slumberlust@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Entrenched companies often want more regulation to prevent startup competition. Pulling the ladder up behind them.

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago

To be fair, they want more regulation n others, not on them. Specially if they’re doing shady things.

[–] finder585@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Extracting free resources of the land

Not to be contrarian, but there is a cost to extract those "free" resources; like labor, equipment, transportation, lobbying (AKA: bribes for the non-Americans), processing raw material into something useful, research and development, et cetera.

[–] mac@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Was about to post the same thing

[–] Mondez@lemdro.id 1 points 1 month ago

While true, they tend not to bare the costs of the environmental damage, at least when these activities are poorly regulated.

[–] msage@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The entire internet is built on free things.

Just saying.

[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

Doesn't mean that businesses should allowed to be.

[–] abs_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Agribusiness in shambles after draining the water table (it is still free)