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2026-07-17 05:23 UTC

The person who built it owns it, and can transfer that ownership to the person that paid for it. If a machine made it, no one owns it. Copyright applies to creative works, which are defined as a manifestation of creative effort in the world through a creative process involving one or more individuals. It can be argued that since no human creativity was involved, copyright does not apply.

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@pntha@lemmy.world 2026-07-17 06:59

If a machine made it, no one owns it. so, everything’s fair game since the industrial revolution? look, I understand what you’re trying to say and for the most part I agree but my point is that AI is fundamentally just another tool doing the same thing as other tools but unified and using natural language. what’s the difference if someones builds a website using a website building app like Wix, or uses AI to build one? i still fundamentally disagree with the enormous environmental costs of AI, the infringements of creatives and contributors in its training, the economic cliff its disruption has put us on, the rapid expansion of energy-hungry infrastructure data centres, and the health reports of local residents who have been forced to endure the 24-hour operation of them.

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