We need that Lemmy community!
We need that Lemmy community!
“Just give me a plastic bottle of water.”
“Just give me a plastic bottle of water.”
“Just give me a plastic bottle of water.”
“Just give me a plastic bottle of water.”
I came here for this. Thanks for delivering!
Honest question: Do you vote? And which party must aligns most with your values?
I would think it would be difficult for you in the mostly binary first-past-the-post political world we have.
He wasn’t prepared for it. It was /her/ handshake.
Can I have the Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, baked beans, and Spam without the Spam?
Right. Try to buy clothing that doesn’t have slavery somewhere in the supply chain. It’s impossible. Same with chocolate.
Better system for WHOM? Tech-bros that want to steal my content as their own?
I’m a writer, performing artist, designer, and illustrator. I have thought about copyright quite a bit. I have released some of my stuff into the public domain, as well as the Creative Commons. If you want to use my work, you may - according to the licenses that I provide.
I also think copyright law is way out of whack. It should go back to - at most - life of author. This “life of author plus 95 years” is ridiculous. I lament that so much great work is being lost or forgotten because of the oppressive copyright laws - especially in the area of computer software.
But tech-bros that want my work to train their LLMs - they can fuck right off. There are legal thresholds that constitute “fair use” - Is it used for an academic purpose? Is it used for a non-profit use? Is the portion that is being used a small part or the whole thing? LLM software fail all of these tests.
They can slurp up the entirety of Wikipedia, and they do. But they are not satisfied with the free stuff. But they want my artistic creations, too, without asking. And they want to sell something based on my work, making money off of my work, without asking.
You sound like someone who has not tried to make an artistic creation for profit.
It’s not my goddamned planet monkey-boy!
The things is, they can have scads of free stuff that is not copyrighted. But they are greedy and want copyrighted stuff, too
That’s fair. Thanks for the reminder.
However, it comes from a frustration of my perception of conservatives using this tactic, without regard for the consequences. And I’m probably doing it again, dammit. But at least I’m mindful about it, right?
Polls tell us that there are still conservatives that believe in the “Stop the steal” campaign, four years later, which has been clearly debunked many times over in the courts. I have never seen similar campaigns or conspiracies on the left. Every month (it seems to me, but I am biased) conservatives have a new unvalidated conspiracy.
So, yeah. I guess I am making an appeal to their hypocrisy. And I’m frustrated as to what to do about it.
That being said, thank you for your valid and thoughtful criticism.
It’s weird how only the Republicans are duped.
I’ve had relief for gum/tooth pain by just holding a whole clove on the affected area.
A marketing budget. The Fediverse has none, and we’re competing with the big boys.
They are “Skulls Unlimited”.
I’m a little afraid that they have no limits to the skulls that they provide.
Yep.
Classic nopology.