Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
Poster by the amazing @adrimakesart.bsky.social @adriofthedead.bsky.social 🧡💖🧡
Poster by the amazing @adrimakesart.bsky.social @adriofthedead.bsky.social 🧡💖🧡
(main and art account)
(main and art account)
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
Paying next to nothing is still "getting paid royalties" but is functionally nothing.
(spoilers: it… did not work as I had anticipated)
(spoilers: it… did not work as I had anticipated)