And OpenAI and Anthropic get to pick up all the pieces and control the lifetimes of work and billions of dollars spent to create it?

I’m all for copyright reform, but handing it to two companies puts us in a significantly worse position, imho.

So what? If it wasn't those two corporations it would be other giga-cap corporations. IP has been subverted by large companies with full time staffed lawyers to make sure they always win. The only way to beat them is to be another huge company with teams of lawyers.

If you think individuals have any of these rights anymore, then your're living in some alternate reality.