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[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 147 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Cool. If OpenAI gets a pass, then piracy should be legal, right? I mean what good is a trademark or copyright law?

Edit: "I can't make money without stealing other people's work" is definitely a take

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 58 points 2 months ago (4 children)

No, see, piracy is just you downloading movies for yourself. To be like OpenAI you need to download it, put it in a pretty package with a bow, then sell it over and over again. Only when it’s piracy for profit do you get to beg and plead for a pass.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But I'm an aspiring artist, without pirating thousands of movies and TV shows, I'll never make my 'highly profitable' magnum opus!

I'm an aspiring dead beat, with out food to provide basic biochemical energy I'll never beat any dead.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

You skipped a crucial step: first you gotta raise a few hundred million in VC funding from Silicon Valley bigwigs!

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So if I download a movie and use a voice changer to change all the dialog to sound like the donkey from Shrek, I should be good.

[–] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

When you get this to work, hit me up for some venture capital.

[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

For profit that you can kick back a chunk of as campaign donations

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

"I can't be at financial peace if I have to pay for every movie I want to watch"

[–] dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

You're not repackaging and selling it on for profit tho. That's different and thus illegal because reasons