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“There are some people who are, like, ‘all AI art is terrible’, but then there’s a lot of artists who are, like, ‘this is the best tool ever, it’s like the invention of the camera’,” says Altman. “We agree we need a new business model for this kind of a world, but what it is, the community is still sort of feeling their way through. I know that we’ve got to converge on what it should be.” https://www.ft.com/content/a3d65804-1cf3-4d67-ac79-9b78a10b6dcc A core problem is that AI models often train on vast amounts of copyrighted data, inherently violating copyright and facilitating the theft of creative work. While copyright historically emerged to protect creators’ livelihoods, capitalist forces can exploit this system, and AI is now viewed as a tool to devalue human labor for profit. The author emphasizes the unique meaning and emotional resonance of human creation, which AI lacks. Consequently, copyright is presented as a vital, albeit imperfect, current defense against AI’s wholesale appropriation of creative content and the exploitative practices it could entrench, even while acknowledging the need for fairer systems for creators. https://docseuss.medium.com/copyright-rules-ai-drools-and-plagiarism-is-for-suckers-who-have-no-soul-0b3c74eba0a8 Music publishers file amended lawsuit against AI firm Anthropic, which they say ‘bolsters the case’ over company’s ‘unauthorized use of song lyrics…“ibly. But Anthropic violates these principles on a systematic and widespread basis. Anthropic must abide by well-established copyright laws, just as countless other technology companies regularly do” https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/files/2025/05/UMG-et-al-first-amended-complaint-1.pdf Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Part 3: Generative AI Training pre-publication version A REPORT of the register of copyrights may 2025 https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-3-Generative-AI-Training-Report-Pre-Publication-Version.pdf The office’s opinion on fair use came in a draft of the third part of its report on copyright and artificial intelligence. The first part considered digital replicas and the second tackled whether it is possible to copyright the output of generative AI. The office published the draft [PDF above] of Part 3, which addresses the use of copyrighted works in the development of generative AI systems, https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/12/us_copyright_office_ai_copyright/ “The firing of Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter came after Perlmutter and her office earlier this week issued part three of a lengthy report about artificial intelligence and expressed some concerns and questions about the usage of copyrighted materials by AI technology.” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fires-director-of-u-s-copyright-office-shira-perlmutter-sources/