If you think AI training is the same as someone reading and reciting, that's fine fine. but our legal system wasn't set up for a world in which there's like, what, 5-10? major AI models which become a major market for information because they are the middleman between consumers and info producers<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@camwilson\/115013315539208584","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-12:objectType=thread:nonce=40d0e0058c563015","notice_info":{"local_id":"10765412","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"10765410"}},"published":"2025-08-12T04:48:02+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"steter repeated a notice by camwilson","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/users\/steter\/statuses\/115013981197509358\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/camwilson","displayName":"camwilson","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/206591-original-tmp20231101070059.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":168,"height":168},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/206591-96-20231101070059.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/206591-48-20231101070059.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/206591-24-20231101070059.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"206591"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/206591-96-20231101070059.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"i write Australia's favourite daily tech newsletter @sizzle and report at Crikey. Contact me at https:\/\/www.cameronwilson.com.au","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@camwilson","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"camwilson","displayName":"camwilson","note":"i write Australia's favourite daily tech newsletter @sizzle and report at Crikey. Contact me at https:\/\/www.cameronwilson.com.au"}},"content":"
debating copyright law misses the point that the new paradigm of information distribution is extremely centralised. their size and the amount of information ingested was never imagined when thinking about fair use. we need to new ways to pay for info that's clearly valuable to the AI companies<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/camwilson\/statuses\/115013315884355592","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/camwilson\/statuses\/115013315884355592","objectType":"note","content":"
debating copyright law misses the point that the new paradigm of information distribution is extremely centralised. their size and the amount of information ingested was never imagined when thinking about fair use. we need to new ways to pay for info that's clearly valuable to the AI companies<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@camwilson\/115013315884355592","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/camwilson\/statuses\/115013315539208584","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@camwilson\/115013315539208584"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-12:objectType=thread:nonce=40d0e0058c563015","notice_info":{"local_id":"10765411","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-12T04:48:01+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@camwilson\/115013315884355592"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/camwilson","displayName":"camwilson","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/206591-original-tmp20231101070059.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":168,"height":168},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/206591-96-20231101070059.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/206591-48-20231101070059.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/206591-24-20231101070059.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"206591"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/206591-96-20231101070059.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"i write Australia's favourite daily tech newsletter @sizzle and report at Crikey. Contact me at https:\/\/www.cameronwilson.com.au","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@camwilson","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"camwilson","displayName":"camwilson","note":"i write Australia's favourite daily tech newsletter @sizzle and report at Crikey. Contact me at https:\/\/www.cameronwilson.com.au"}},"content":"
If you think AI training is the same as someone reading and reciting, that's fine fine. but our legal system wasn't set up for a world in which there's like, what, 5-10? major AI models which become a major market for information because they are the middleman between consumers and info producers<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/camwilson\/statuses\/115013315539208584","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/camwilson\/statuses\/115013315539208584","objectType":"note","content":"
If you think AI training is the same as someone reading and reciting, that's fine fine. but our legal system wasn't set up for a world in which there's like, what, 5-10? major AI models which become a major market for information because they are the middleman between consumers and info producers<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@camwilson\/115013315539208584","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/camwilson\/statuses\/115013315179095914","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@camwilson\/115013315179095914"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-12:objectType=thread:nonce=40d0e0058c563015","notice_info":{"local_id":"10765410","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-12T04:48:01+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@camwilson\/115013315539208584"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/camwilson","displayName":"camwilson","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/206591-original-tmp20231101070059.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":168,"height":168},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/206591-96-20231101070059.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/206591-48-20231101070059.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/206591-24-20231101070059.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"206591"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/206591-96-20231101070059.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"i write Australia's favourite daily tech newsletter @sizzle and report at Crikey. Contact me at https:\/\/www.cameronwilson.com.au","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@camwilson","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"camwilson","displayName":"camwilson","note":"i write Australia's favourite daily tech newsletter @sizzle and report at Crikey. Contact me at https:\/\/www.cameronwilson.com.au"}},"content":"
much of the discussion re: AI & copyright has been about whether training is fair use. <\/p>
that's a legal debate that I'm less interested in than the question about what happens to the sources of information \u2014 news, culture etc \u2014 if a lot of its value can be extracted by AI without much compensation<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/camwilson\/statuses\/115013315179095914","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/camwilson\/statuses\/115013315179095914","objectType":"note","content":"
much of the discussion re: AI & copyright has been about whether training is fair use. <\/p>
that's a legal debate that I'm less interested in than the question about what happens to the sources of information \u2014 news, culture etc \u2014 if a lot of its value can be extracted by AI without much compensation<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@camwilson\/115013315179095914","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-12:objectType=thread:nonce=40d0e0058c563015","notice_info":{"local_id":"10765409","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-12T04:48:01+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@camwilson\/115013315179095914"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5485598","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}