Direct link to the article: https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/18/im-not-bad/#im-just-drawn...

It's a long-winded article, even for a lawyer, but the payload seems to be a crack at the head of the RIAA, which is suing Midjouney.

"In other words, Glazier doesn't want these lawsuits to get rid of Midjourney and protect creative workers from the threat of AI – he just wants the AI companies to pay the media companies to make the products that his clients will use to destroy creators' livelihoods."

I don’t find it long winded. It just gives background and makes a bunch of valid points.

Mainly that creatives are being screwed because every time they get given extra rights they’re bullied into selling them for nothing.

So this right that they get the copyright back after 35y is different - because you can’t be forced to sell it for nothing.

We need more laws like this to help creative people make the money they deserve. Most creative people make a pitiful amount of money while studios / publishers / labels do better and better. It’s not sustainable.

It's a readable and enjoyable text about a complex issue. You can't really distill anything about copyright without actually talking about history, relevant examples, and how it affects other industries, or other creative works, or...