{"text":"@erincandescent @fay Yes, that's the problem. The big AI companies are *hoping* that the output is considered a copyright dervative of its inputs because *they are the only ones who can play that game*. They can make license deals with the big media companies AND everywhere you've been coerced into signing your rights over to with a ToS. And in fact THEY HAVE BEEN making these deals, in the hope this will be the result!Trying to fight AI models on copyright grounds is a losing battle for us and a winning battle for big AI corporations, unfortunately.That said *we simply don't know* how things will go, so *don't incorporate AI output into your projects today*!","truncated":false,"created_at":"Mon Mar 30 02:41:57 +0900 2026","in_reply_to_status_id":"12370215","uri":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/cwebber\/statuses\/116313692763812295","source":"ActivityPub","source_link":null,"id":12370216,"in_reply_to_user_id":242079,"in_reply_to_screen_name":"erincandescent","geo":null,"user":{"id":295917,"name":"Christine Lemmer-Webber","screen_name":"cwebber","location":null,"description":"Executive Director of @spritely (but this is a personal account). I'm here to fix the Internet.ActivityPub co-author, co-host of @fossandcrafts@octodon.social. Lisp sourceress, decentralized network architect, occasional Blender artist. she\/her https:\/\/dustycloud.org\/Recently moved here from @cwebber@octodon.socialLovely banner sketch by @juliaro https:\/\/mastodon.art\/@juliaro\/114489465896761273","profile_image_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/295917-48-20241114200524.webp","profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/295917-48-20241114200524.webp","profile_image_url_profile_size":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/295917-96-20241114200524.webp","profile_image_url_original":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/295917-original-tmp20241114200524.webp","groups_count":0,"linkcolor":false,"backgroundcolor":false,"url":null,"protected":false,"followers_count":1,"friends_count":0,"created_at":"Fri Nov 15 05:05:24 +0900 2024","utc_offset":"0","time_zone":"UTC","statuses_count":6215,"following":false,"statusnet_blocking":false,"notifications":false,"statusnet_profile_url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@cwebber","cover_photo":false,"background_image":false,"profile_link_color":false,"profile_background_color":false,"profile_banner_url":false,"is_local":false,"is_silenced":false,"rights":{"delete_user":false,"delete_others_notice":false,"silence":false,"sandbox":false},"is_sandboxed":false,"favourites_count":0},"statusnet_html":"

@erincandescent<\/a> @fay<\/a> Yes, that's the problem. The big AI companies are *hoping* that the output is considered a copyright dervative of its inputs because *they are the only ones who can play that game*. They can make license deals with the big media companies AND everywhere you've been coerced into signing your rights over to with a ToS. And in fact THEY HAVE BEEN making these deals, in the hope this will be the result!<\/p>

Trying to fight AI models on copyright grounds is a losing battle for us and a winning battle for big AI corporations, unfortunately.<\/p>

That said *we simply don't know* how things will go, so *don't incorporate AI output into your projects today*!<\/p>","statusnet_conversation_id":6278055,"statusnet_in_groups":false,"external_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12370216","in_reply_to_profileurl":"https:\/\/akko.erincandescent.net\/users\/erincandescent","in_reply_to_ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/akko.erincandescent.net\/users\/erincandescent","attentions":[{"id":242079,"screen_name":"erincandescent","fullname":"Erin \ud83d\udcbd\u2728","profileurl":"https:\/\/akko.erincandescent.net\/users\/erincandescent","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/akko.erincandescent.net\/users\/erincandescent"},{"id":311389,"screen_name":"fay","fullname":"morgan","profileurl":"https:\/\/lingo.lol\/@fay","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/lingo.lol\/users\/fay"}],"fave_num":0,"repeat_num":0,"is_post_verb":true,"is_local":false,"favorited":false,"repeated":false}