By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026But because this debate is being framed in terms of *property rights*, rather than *labor rights*, this is a fight that workers are set up to lose. 27/ 1453
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026The tell here is how the media companies - who have been eroding the wages of creative workers for decades as they consolidated into a curdled, inbred oligopoly - describe the AI companies' scraping: as an unlicensed taking. 28/ 1291
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026Mitch Glazier, the $1.4m/year CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America issues press releases decrying AI training for image generators without negotiating a license fee first: pluralistic.net/2026/03/03/i... Who's Mitch Glazier? 29/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Supreme Court saves artists from AI (03 Mar 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1241
