The reason is simple. It's because fuck you.
2026-07-30 15:45 UTC
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@cavitationfetishist01@quokk.au 2026-07-31 01:18
Yep! Laws are literally only tools of oppression. They have never and will never protect you any time you need protecting. That is not what they’re for. They couldn’t if they wanted to. Which they don’t.
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@ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-30 19:37
I agree with the conclusion, but that rationale is wrong. First, you can digitize a DVD. Second, it’s not a double standard. You can grab copies of random stuff and jam it in an AI model too. Our laws are written such that it’s making a copy outside of reasonable use that’s illegal, and AI training only makes a copy incidentally to what they’re doing and then it’s deleted. It’s the same standard that makes viewing a photo on an artists website legal. It’s not bullshit because they’re breaking the law, but because we need to refine the law to make it clear training an AI model isn’t a reasonable usage anymore than a public broadcast of a DVD is a reasonable use. Trying to shoehorn it into the existing laws will just create a nightmare of loopholes and complications.
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@CodingCarpenter@lemmy.ml 2026-07-30 17:08
But digitizing your own content isn’t illegal you have the right to backups. It’s when you choose to distribute those copies to people who did not pay for the original product that you get in trouble. This argument makes no sense.