• AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml
    3·
    19 days ago

    Downloading this comment is not authorized.

    Then about the “steal” argument:

    You wouldn’t download an argument, would you? Or would you? What, you’re reading this in your browser without authorization from me?? FBI, open up!!!

    • Kajika@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      19 days ago

      are you trolling?

      I checked your history and you seems to genuinely interact but you’re sentence makes no real argument (more like a joke).

      But maybe you haven’t read the rest of the conversation so here some points:

      • You can and are encourage to download and use free software. Same with comments.
      • You are not allowed to monetized free software (hence the GPL v2 vs v3 debate). To be honest also with my comments.
      • The term stealing could indeed be confused with the modern usage of fascists who want to fight against piracy but it was used for a good century by communist to talk about capitalists stealing surplus value made by workers.
      • AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml
        4·
        19 days ago

        Yes it was a joke, sorry. The propaganda video about “downloading a car” was an incredibly stupid but massive campaign and in hindsight incredibly successful in influenced attitudes.

        I don’t think any discussion is useful because I am fundamentally and radically opposed to turning intellectual ideas or works into “property” and it’s abhorrent and obscene to me. There are other and better ways to fund or reward artist’s work. Naturally I hate patents even more. They also delay market adoption for climate change solutions by 20 years. A crime against humanity! And no, that one is not a joke.

        The worst thing that fuckai could lead to is help legitimize some kind of “IP tax” for use of AI models, which would as a side effect make it illegal piracy to use any open weight models. Then big tech gets to monopolize AI in the west. They can afford the tax. But we’ll forever be limited and dependent in making use of LLM models.