IP Laws? Jack and Elon Want a Bonfire, Not a Reform

IP Laws? Jack and Elon Want a Bonfire, Not a Reform
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If you thought AI would disrupt art, wait until billionaires finish gutting the last protections creators have left.

When Jack Dorsey posted โ€œdelete all IP lawโ€ and Elon Musk instantly agreed, they werenโ€™t just trolling, they exposed how little Big Tech cares for creators. Their call comes as AI companies, including OpenAI, face lawsuits for scraping copyrighted work to train their models.

Dorsey claims the current system favors rent-seekers over artists, while Musk simply repeated his long-standing disdain for patents. This isnโ€™t just random chatter: Musk now wields real political influence, blending memes into policy.

IP laws are there fore a reason, to protect the individual artists, authors and content creators from the power of Big Tech to use and abuse their work. However, we are in a new reality and to move forward ethically, we might need to rethink ownership, not abolish it, including paying creators when AI companies use their work (with consent!)

Would deleting IP laws truly empower creators, or only enrich platform owners? Tearing down old systems without building better ones risks deepening inequality, not solving it. What would you reform firstโ€”patent law, copyright law, or licensing rules?

Read the full article on TechCrunch.

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