Joscelyn Transpiring on Nostr: Random thought: When people started sharing artist's work without their permission on ...

Random thought: When people started sharing artist's work without their permission on Napster, there was a freakout by corporations and wealthy artists, and it was criminalized. When corporations started sharing artist's work without their permission through "AI," laws were changed to make it easier and corporations forced it on everyone.

It's almost like whoever owns the means of production will bend the media and government to increase their profits without regard to a consistent ethos. And that whatever they do will be at odds with the interests of those that actually do the work to produce things. Hmmmm.... 🧐