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   Lili Saintcrow (lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 08:14:03 JST Lili Saintcrow

   This appears to be the same statement the Author's Guild was soliciting signatures for. While I no longer trust *them*, I do trust several others asking for signatures, like AALA, AAP, and fellow authors. So I'm adding my name to the effort.
   https://www.aitrainingstatement.org

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     Lili Saintcrow (lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 08:13:59 JST Lili Saintcrow

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     So, while I'm signing this, I do not accept the mass theft and ecological damage as a fait accompli. If "AI" can't exist without stealing from artists and other labourers, then it doesn't *need* to exist.

     The grift must be stopped, and restitution made.

     That is all.

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     Lili Saintcrow (lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 08:14:00 JST Lili Saintcrow

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     Not only that, but "AI" companies and their theftbro captains must pay, personally and at the corporate level, for the mass theft as well as the ecological damage they've forced on the rest of us.

     There must be consequences, or they'll just keep taking.

     Bill repeated this.
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     Lili Saintcrow (lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 08:14:01 JST Lili Saintcrow

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     We already had, and have, copyright. The "AI" theftbros knew what they were doing was illegal and unethical--it's why they aimed their plagiarism machines at pirate sites. Any "licensing" scheme which creates an additional burden on the artists already stolen from is unacceptable.

     Bill repeated this.
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     Lili Saintcrow (lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 08:14:02 JST Lili Saintcrow

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     I draw a distinction between this statement and the "licensing" scheme run by techbro grifters ("Made By Humans") the Author's Guild has thrown their weight behind.

     This statement is cut-and-dried. The "licensing" scheme bears a distinct resemblance to a protection racket.