Adrian Giddings: Ah ha, aahahahahah. No wait, that's not how you spell class action. It's also not how copyright works at all.

Ah ha, aahahahahah. No wait, that's not how you spell class action. It's also not how copyright works at all.

every lawyer : uhhh "With respect to content that is already on the open web, the social contract of that content since the 90s has been that it is fair use. Anyone can copy it, recreate with it, reproduce with it. That has been freeware, if you like. That's been the understanding," said Suleyman.

Ever put content on the web? Microsoft says that it's okay for them to steal it because it's 'freeware.'www.windowscentral.com Microsoft's CEO of AI said that content on the open web can be copied and used to create new content.

>30y ago someone scraped a fiction usenet group I was part of to publish an anthology. When called out he first claimed stories were public domain “because internet” then—after copyright was explained—accused the authors of “entrapment”. He was just dumb and didn’t know better; these people OTOH…

Yeah, dumb I can get and at least when the dumb get defensive it's funny. This guy with his literal town of copyright lawyers for when things are the other way round. Not so much.

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