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briandear commented on OpenAI may not use lyrics without license, German court rules reuters.com/world/german-... · Posted by u/aiz0Houp

EnPissant · a month ago

This is a tough one for the HN crowd. It's like that man not sure which button to push meme.

1) RIAA is evil for enforcing copyrights on lyrics?

2) OpenAI is evil for training on lyrics?

briandear · a month ago

Very true. Just the other day, another “copyright is bad” post on the front page. Today its copyright is good because otherwise people might get some use of material in LLMs.

Considering this is hacker news, it seems to be such an odd dichotomy. Sometimes it feels like anti-hacker news. The halcyon days of 2010 after long gone. Now we need to apparently be angry at all tech.

LLMs are amazing and I wish they could train on anything and everything. LLMs are the smartphone to the fax machines of Google search.

briandear commented on Internet Archive's legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost arstechnica.com/tech-poli... · Posted by u/thinkcontext

choo-t · a month ago

The fact that giving free access to books during a pandemic, in a format that doesn't need physical contact, when libraries were shut down or hard to access for a lot of people should have been praised, not pursued by legal action from rent seeking entities.

The copyright system as a whole should by torn up.

At least it give a clear signal to anyone with a ounce of moral which publisher to avoid at all cost.

briandear · a month ago

So how do authors make money? Going on concert tours? The copyright system needs reform (Mickey Mouse for example) — but the system protects creators.

If there were no copyrights, no author would make any money.

briandear commented on Internet's biggest annoyance: Cookie laws should target browsers, not websites nednex.com/en/the-interne... · Posted by u/SweetSoftPillow

matheusmoreira · 2 months ago

DNT header already does this. Explicit denial of consent. Reaches their servers before everything else so they have no excuse and zero room for maneuvering.

Now the EU just needs to turn it into an actual liability for corporations. Otherwise it will remain as an additional bit of entropy for tracking.

briandear · 2 months ago

It’s not just corporations. Look how much tracking nonsense goes into a recipe blog.

briandear commented on Gov workers say their shutdown out-of-office replies were forcibly changed wired.com/story/governmen... · Posted by u/xqcgrek2

mikeyouse · 2 months ago

“Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of HR 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations.”

Come on. The message is overtly political (blaming democrats for the shutdown when republicans control the presidency + the house + the senate) and 100% of the people pretending it’s not would be outraged if the same thing was posted under a different administration.

briandear · 2 months ago

Is it factual?

briandear commented on Gov workers say their shutdown out-of-office replies were forcibly changed wired.com/story/governmen... · Posted by u/xqcgrek2

Simulacra · 2 months ago

That's ridiculous, and could be illegal, because in changing the response, they are taking on the speech of the named employee. If that's not a first amendment violation, I don't know what is. Federal employees are not allowed to be involved in politics while they are employed by the federal government, I know there's exceptions and everything, but at its core this action is repugnant.

briandear · 2 months ago

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Did congress pass a law I missed? Government communication isn’t a 1st Amendment issue. When you work for any employer, you are subject to the whims of that employer.

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briandear commented on “No Tax on Tips” Includes Digital Creators, Too hollywoodreporter.com/bus... · Posted by u/aspenmayer

bdcravens · 3 months ago

I suspect much of the attacks against property taxes aren't to right any historical wrongs, but is part of the attack against public education, since property taxes are a major source of funding.

briandear · 3 months ago

No. It’s the idea that you’re renting your paid off home from the government. And the government gets to decide what it’s worth.

briandear commented on Petition to stop Google from restricting sideloading and FOSS apps · Posted by u/nativeforks

briandear · 4 months ago

> Just imagine giving sensitive personal, government-issued ID to a corporation to install an app outside Google Play

In Spain, I have to give my NIE (National ID number) and show my government ID just to send or receive a package from FedEx. Why should I have to give up sensitive information just to receive a package?

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briandear commented on ‘No Other Land’ consultant Awdah Hathaleen killed by Israeli settler latimes.com/entertainment... · Posted by u/_shadi

briandear · 5 months ago

Hamas to this day still has hostages. People were still butchered and raped by Hamas. The meme that Palestinians are blameless is just not accurate. Not defending either side, just saying this is like the Soviets and the Nazis on the Eastern Front.

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