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It would be easier to advocate for the reform of those laws if they were actually applied evenly. I’m not calling for its use as a “retributive tool”. Just tha
by ipython 5mo ago
It would be easier to advocate for the reform of those laws if they were actually applied evenly.
I’m not calling for its use as a “retributive tool”. Just that it be applied evenly.
- spongebobstoes 5mo agoadvocating for more punishment under copyright law is directly opposed to reform or removal of the laws court precedent is a useful tool of advocacy
- ipython 5mo agoTechnically he wasn’t charged with any copyright violations. See indictment: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/217117-united-states-of-america-v-aaron-swartz/ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/217117-united-states...
- jmye 5mo ago[flagged]
- stevenhuang 4mo agoSocial norms and laws influence each other but often it is norms that change first, then laws change. Once a technology becomes massively useful and socially normalized, it is our legal systems that adapt around the new reality. You can make the bet copyright laws won't change in the future but it's one you'd likely lose. For one, laws would probably be weakened to allow/look the other way for "wanton" training with copyrighted works for one simple reason: governments are unlikely to go for strict copyright maximalism because that would permanently cripple domestic AI development.