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It seems Linus's position is very clear now

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[–] TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I think it's more about the unequal application if those laws. People have had their lives ruined for sharing an mp3. These companies infringe on literally everything and they get rich.

I bet the next step is that the folks vibe coding emulators and replacements for major software suites are going to get serious fines, while artists are going to continue to get ripped off in the name of "innovation".

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 points 46 minutes ago

This is very much the problem I have. We have officially reached the point where the average artist on Deviant Art has less intellectual property rights than the average even LLC let alone megacorp like Disney.