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So here's an interesting bit of gristle to chew on.

Everyone was appalled by Aaron Swartz's suicide after he was arrested for stealing journals from MIT. Most people I know feel he did nothing wrong and that journals and work should be freely available to everyone.

My timeline is full of people outraged that AI is stealing their copyrighted work, and yet some of those individuals felt that Aaron Swartz did nothing wrong.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sw

🤔

Dave Henry

@dick_turpin

I think the problem is that Aaron was trying to free something form a system that was made to profit from the work of individuals that should have been free.

Where as AI is stealing freely available works so they can profit from the work of others.

@mort8088 I'm reminded of the video of a group of protesters against the police who, when threatened by a driver, immediately exclaimed: "Call the police!"

I'm not sure who is right, or wrong for that matter. I'm kinda more interested in how folk are willing to complain about something one minute and then be for it the next. 🤷‍♂️