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▲ chrismorgan 13 hours ago

> they have now declared AI models persons [1]

Your citation says no such thing. Maybe there’s more in the case itself (in which case, cite it), but I think you’re inferring that based on what I think is an incorrect understanding of what’s going on, also revealed in the rest of the paragraph.

(I’m not commenting on other parts of the comment directly, though I feel not identifying the “‘fair use’ exemption” claim or reacting to that in such a long tirade is a bit off.)

▲spwa4 13 hours ago | parent [-]

True, you have to look at copyright law as well. The only thing that can create a new work with copyright according to both US law AND the international convention is a "natural person".

It cannot even be a company according to the law (because copyright is split up in my textbook into what's called natural rights, such as authorship, and economic rights, such as the right to set a license. It must always have a natural person origin because that natural person retains the right to state they were the author forever, no matter what agreements he or she entered into. Meaning it's never the employer that gets that right)

▲jonhohle 12 hours ago | parent [-]

That means what the AI created is new (not always) but also not copyrightable. What will vibe coding companies do when they realize none of their software is protected by copyright? A EULA can’t prevent the use of public domain works. (In reality everything will increasingly move server side and no one will be able to access anything resembling code anyway).

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▲spwa4 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That's another way courts could go. But once again that would make life very hard for billionaires. So not a chance.

▲chrismorgan 5 hours ago | parent [-]

No, that’s already where it’s gone <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence_and_co...>, continuing the tradition established before AI <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_disput...>. The machine output is not directly copyrightable.