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Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig on why AI and social media are causing a free speech crisis for the internet

Decoder with Nilay Patel

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The Shifting Landscape of Copyright Law and Access to Underlying Material

Copyright law is potentially shifting due to a recent case where Kagan's strong dissent might signal a new direction. Having legal access to underlying material should not be considered a copyright event, as reading a book is not a copyright event either. Training with AI should be free from copyright controls. However, when using AI to create work, there should be copyright protection. The Copyright Office disagrees with this viewpoint.

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