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100 sats \ 4 replies \ @optimism 29 Aug \ on: What Changes If IP Laws Aren't Enforced? AskSN

The effect will be that intellectual property of anything digitized (ideas, knowledge, skills) becomes a commodity. Just like "generating a ton of text that to the untrained eye sounds reasonable" has become a commodity recently.

This could lead to a couple of things:

  1. Reputation and authenticity to become increasingly important for a small section of society.
    • This means more DRM, more digital signatures, more walled gardens, for those of us who need authenticity.
  2. The masses will not care, just like they don't care now, watching TikTok all day.
    • These will be milked with subscription upon subscription and services that pop up and rug overnight.
  3. Prices for authentic content will go up steeply, because there will be much less demand.
    • This could bring in a new era of internet piracy for those that want a copy of authentic stuff without the annoying AI flaws.

PS: when I was in Europe last month, they were talking there about extending IP laws, specifically to include one's physical attributes, making deep fakes an infringement on copyright. So I'm not so sure that outside North America, IP laws aren't as important as inside it.

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142 sats \ 2 replies \ @kr OP 29 Aug

Interesting ideas, I wonder if that means we see more or fewer re-mix movies. Lately, Hollywood seems to have found a cheat code where they make lots of sequel and three-quel movies instead of coming up with entirely new stories to tell.

I wonder if we'll form markets for "authentic" content like we form markets for authentic collectibles.

Appreciate the European perspective too, I was more thinking about Asia.

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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 29 Aug

It's a great question. I think we'd see far more versions of very popular stories, like there would be hundreds of Marvel and Star Wars movies by now, but fewer remakes of more minor properties.

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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 29 Aug
we see more or fewer re-mix movies

Will depend on the individual desire? Say you don't care and just want cheap entertainment on your phone while Copilot is answering your emails for you: you may see more and it doesn't matter. Just don't want to be bored. Someone else, however, will be too busy answering their emails so they don't have time for slop and they watch much less movies, but authentic only, and they pay for that.

I wonder if we'll form markets for "authentic" content like we form markets for authentic collectibles.

I think that we could say that Spotify and Netflix are markets for authentic content, just it's not transactional. The question will be how they're going to react: subscription price 10x and walled garden (which in turn may incentivize some more piracy), or less curation, more slop.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chaoticalHeavy 29 Aug
authentic stuff without the annoying AI flaws.

This is worth paying for.

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