Mary Gillis: Interesting that the head of Microsoft AI doesn't understand what copyright is either. Tech bros as a group seem singularly stuck in the "mine!" stage of child development. www.theverge.com/2024/6/28/24...

Remember when a group of crypto bros bought a copy of 'Jodorowsky's Dune' for $3 million (around 100x more than it was worth) thinking they could turn it into NFTs and an animated series because they didn't understand what copyright is?

The Saga of the 'Dune' Crypto Bros And Their Very Pricey Mistake Is At Its Endwww.esquire.com In a dismal crypto climate, the group is looking to sell its 'Dune' bible and cash out its treasury. “Really wish this worked out better," the group co-founder said.

Interesting that the head of Microsoft AI doesn't understand what copyright is either. Tech bros as a group seem singularly stuck in the "mine!" stage of child development. www.theverge.com/2024/6/28/24...

Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open webwww.theverge.com That is not how fair use works.

There is no such thing as "the open web." Every website, every webpage, every bit of data accessible via the web sits on a drive that somebody owns and, in many cases, someone else pays a fee to store it on. Just because I don't fence off my front lawn doesn't mean that Microsoft can steal it.

Everything that exists in a virtual environment corresponds to a physical asset. The same principles of physical property rights apply, in addition to IPR. Microsoft doesn't give away its property; I don't charge a subscription fee for their access to my website—but that's still not giving it away.

The biggest joke is that there was a "open web" when the internet initially arrived, and Microsoft were amongst the first companies to quickly put a stop to it by slapping their copyright onto everything they could to prevent others from making free use of their software and coding.

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Oh good grief he thinks "social contract" is an actual contract

This is the whining I hear from every YouTuber who monetizes clips of my cat. They're always so shocked when the strikes get upheld.

Microsoft's view on copyright is simple: What's yours is mine, and what's mine is mine. Your IP doesn't matter. Like the time it cloned CP/M. Or Lotus 1-2-3. Or the Xerox and Apple Lisa GUI. Or Netscape. Just don't touch Microsoft's IP. Like the time a Linux vendor called it's distro Lindows.

Microsoft to pay $20M to end Lindows trademark battlewww.computerworld.com

This is why they were all offended at Nightshade/Cara because how dare artists not given them what they want, try to explain the concept of "no if you train AI or use it to gen pictures you can all get equally fucked" just results in "..😦but...but...I have to prompt it's my divine right 🥺"

That's the Chinese understanding of copyright! If you can see it, copy it. There could be some serious legal claims against AI if it is quoting sections of content without the provisos shown in the original.

“Images were found on the Internet and therefore presumed to be in the public domain.”

You'd think Microsoft, of all companies maybe with the exception of Disney, would have a stable of lawyers who could explain the limits of copyright and the risk he's just exposed the enterprise to... 😂

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