By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026Then, that company will *absolutely* license those rights to an AI company to create a model *designed to replace that worker*. The company will get paid for training, and the resulting model will have "guardrails" to stop other media companies from using proprietary data to compete with it. 42/ 1274
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026This is the story of the past 50 years of copyright expansion: every new copyright we've created "to help artists" was scooped up by their bosses 43/ 1266
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026Those bosses grew more powerful and were able to demand more concessions from those artists, who were therefore poorer and thus needed more copyrights to help them (lather, rinse, repeat): pluralistic.net/2026/08/18/e... 44/pluralistic.netPluralistic: IP can’t save you from AI (18 Aug 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1222