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
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026Oh, just a former Congressional staffer who was drummed out of the Capitol after he snuck a clause into legislation that would have transferred millions from musicians to labels, who was then immediately hired as the CEO of the industry's largest lobbying group: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... 30/eff.orgThe TPP's Attack on Artists' Termination RightsThere are any number of controversial proposals in the leaked text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) chapter on intellectual property. Here’s one that’s not getting enough attention: the TPP appe... 1439
