Most instances don’t have a specific copyright in their ToS, which is basically how copyright is handled on corporate social media (Meta/X/Reddit owns license rights to whatever you post on their platform when you click “Agree”). I’ve noticed some people including Copyright notices in posts (mostly to prevent AI use). Is this necessary, or is the creator the automatic copyright owner? Does adding the copyright/license information do anything?

Please note if you have legal credentials in your reply. (I’m in the USA, but I’d be interested to hear about other jurisdictions if there are differences)

  • otp@sh.itjust.works
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    I don’t think it really does or can do anything.

    I think it makes people feel good, like they’re fighting against AI or something.

    In my opinion, it just clutters up comments.

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      It’s crazy to me that anyone thinks it does anything. How can someone who cares enough about AI not know the controversies about OpenAI’s training data?

      The people and organizations building LLMs do not give a fuck if you add that garbage to your comment or not.

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      6 months ago

      Agreed. It’s like walking around a party with a post-it note stuck to your forehead that says “Don’t ask me about watermelons.”

      All anyone is going to do all night is ask you about watermelons. Every single time.