so any silence in youtube videos is now a copyright violation.
this post was submitted on 18 Nov 2025
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Now that's a court case I'd actually watch closely. Sooner or later they'll run out of things to squeeze money from, so I wouldn't be surprised if someone eventually tried this.
I think it's my favorite song he's done.
Wait... This isn't posted in The Onion?!?
Honestly, it’s better than his 90’s catalogue.
Frankly astonished he’s alive although
Keep in mind, these businessmen only hate AI because it threatens their money.
This.
Honestly, I'd rather not have copyright at all. The problem is not that copyright law doesn't apply, it's that a particular kind of wealthy businessmen are shifting our policies to fit their needs.
so? other businessmen only like AI because it makes them money.
like it or not money is important in our society, even for artists.
How much do they need, though?
You people never factor this in. It's always an on-off switch in your minds.
consider this. most musicians don't have [n]early as much money as Paul McCartney. Even Paul McCartney didn't have much money when he was starting out in the 60s.
Yeah, and they still make music.
Look into the future. They're not just protecting themselves. They are protesting in protection of all music artists.
So an extremely small percentage of them can have excessive wealth like paul?
Hard pass.
Many, many new artist haven't earned bupkis yet. And AI, would make it more difficult. So, zip it, dippy.
You are smart.
WTF, Paul McCartney want's to pay him royalty's for the silence?
Worked for Simon & Garfunkel's The Sound of Silence - so well that Disturbed covered it about a decade ago.
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Yes exactly, Paul McCartney want is to pay him royalty is for the silence, as a form of protest against Spotify paying out "AI artists".
Great, but weird way to protest. What are the optics even?
So an album full of covers of John Cage's 4 33.
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