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Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app

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Yup, it is real

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Disney says man can't sue over wife's death because he agreed to Disney+ terms of service

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Is this not false advertising? At the very least, Safari (really the entire OS) would need to be FOSS and have support for Tor, spoofing, etc.

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Logitech has an idea for a “forever mouse” that requires a subscription

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Turkey blocks Instagram, offers no reason for its action

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US court blocks Biden administration net neutrality rules

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IT IS THE SAME FUCKING THING! You know that, right? 😂

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24 January 2023 ( Getty Images suing the makers of popular AI art tool for allegedly stealing photos )

A completely bullshit headline claims that Getty Images has sued the maker of Stable Diffusion for "stealing photos".

The text of the article reveals that that headline is total confusion. The case is not about theft at all; it is an allegation of copyright infringement. Both factually and legally, those two are totally different.

If someone had stolen photos from Getty, Getty would not have them any more.

So let's turn to the issue that this situation really concerns: does the output of a machine learning system infringe the copyright on items in the training set that contribute to that output?

There are possible cases where it clearly would infringe. If a substantial part of the output is very similar to one item in the training set, no stretch is required to conclude that it copies from that item.

However, people don't use machine learning system intending to get a part or a slightly modified version of some existing work. The aim is to mix, seamlessly, little bits of many training items. The items that play a role are more like artistic influences than like samples.

To find these to be copyright infringement would be disastrous to the creativity that copyright is nominally intended to promote.

The main purposes of copyright today is to keep some big companies rolling in dough, and any effect on artists is for politicians merely an excuse. For us, however, the question of what copyright law should say is mainly how to promote the arts without interfering with users' freedom .

I do not use Stable Diffusion, ChatGPT, or anything like them that exists now, because they don't respect the user's freedom.

ChatGPT is a nonfree program that users can't even run , because users can't get the program's source code, or even its compiled executable. All you could possibly do with it is to identify yourself to the owner's server and send it some input data for your dossier. Then it sends back the output, over the net.

This is a manner of making a program available for usage that tramples users' freedom even worse than ordinary proprietary software. We call it SaaSS (Service as a Software Substitute) and I reject it, just as I reject nonfree executable software or source code under a nonfree license — for my freedom's sake.

Stable Diffusion consists of two parts: the "code", which is free software, and the "model" which carries a nonfree license that restricts use. The free code could be useful fo the community as a basis for other developments, but it's not something that users could directly use by itself. 

Source: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-nov-feb.html#24_January_2023_(getty_images_lawsuit_ai)

<div class="md">24 January 2023 ( Getty Images suing the makers of popular AI art tool for allegedly stealing photos )

A completely bullshit headline claims that Getty Images has sued the maker of Stable Diffusion for &quot;stealing photos&quot;.

The text of the article reveals that that headline is total confusion. The case is not about theft at all; it is an allegation of copyright infringement. Both factually and legally, those two are totally different.

If someone had stolen photos from Getty, Getty would not have them any more.

So let&#39;s turn to the issue that this situation really concerns: does the output of a machine learning system infringe the copyright on items in the training set that contribute to that output?

There are possible cases where it clearly would infringe. If a substantial part of the output is very similar to one item in the training set, no stretch is required to conclude that it copies from that item.

However, people don&#39;t use machine learning system intending to get a part or a slightly modified version of some existing work. The aim is to mix, seamlessly, little bits of many training items. The items that play a role are more like artistic influences than like samples.

To find these to be copyright infringement would be disastrous to the creativity that copyright is nominally intended to promote.

The main purposes of copyright today is to keep some big companies rolling in dough, and any effect on artists is for politicians merely an excuse. For us, however, the question of what copyright law should say is mainly how to promote the arts without interfering with users&#39; freedom .

I do not use Stable Diffusion, ChatGPT, or anything like them that exists now, because they don&#39;t respect the user&#39;s freedom.

ChatGPT is a nonfree program that users can&#39;t even run , because users can&#39;t get the program&#39;s source code, or even its compiled executable. All you could possibly do with it is to identify yourself to the owner&#39;s server and send it some input data for your dossier. Then it sends back the output, over the net.

This is a manner of making a program available for usage that tramples users&#39; freedom even worse than ordinary proprietary software. We call it SaaSS (Service as a Software Substitute) and I reject it, just as I reject nonfree executable software or source code under a nonfree license — for my freedom&#39;s sake.

Stable Diffusion consists of two parts: the &quot;code&quot;, which is free software, and the &quot;model&quot; which carries a nonfree license that restricts use. The free code could be useful fo the community as a basis for other developments, but it&#39;s not something that users could directly use by itself. 

Source: <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2022-nov-feb.html#24_January_2023_(getty_images_lawsuit_ai)">https://stallman.org/archives/2022-nov-feb.html#24_January_2023_(getty_images_lawsuit_ai)</a>
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Richard Stallman on Stable Diffusion (24 January 2023)

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What is libre? Computing freedom, and why it matters

Ad Blocking Infringes Copyright? Ancient Sony Cheat Lawsuit May Prove Pivotal

NVIDIA's Open-Source Linux Kernel Driver Performing At Parity To Proprietary Driver

Pakistani minister confirms internet firewall, rejects censorship concerns

Spyware maker gets hacked, data reveals thousands of remotely controlled devices

Suddenly our Self Hosted application became more than just hobby.

Call "Upload Moderation" by its real name: Chat Control!

Oh piss off

Forced updates or any kind of control of user's computer by the developer (or cloud) is what's problematic, this has been RMS stance since day zero. Stallman has always encouraged the folks or commons to take control of their technology and computing in their own hands rather than relying on these Big Tech firms. RMS stands vindicated today but sadly nobody will acknowledge that, especially in the enterprise sector where they really must to prevent such incidents from happening again.

<div class="md">Forced updates or any kind of control of user&#39;s computer by the developer (or cloud) is what&#39;s problematic, this has been RMS stance since day zero. Stallman has always encouraged the folks or commons to take control of their technology and computing in their own hands rather than relying on these Big Tech firms. RMS stands vindicated today but sadly nobody will acknowledge that, especially in the enterprise sector where they really must to prevent such incidents from happening again.
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Incidents like today is a testament to Stallman was really right

Nvidia will fully transition to open-source GPU kernel modules with R560 drivers

Global outage? My (Linux) systems are working great! 

Bangladesh shuts down mobile internet amid student protests

Net neutrality rules reinstatement temporarily halted by US appeals court

Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say

Pakistan Plans Total Ban On Social Media For Muharram, PM's Nod Awaited

Thanks, Intel.

UEFIcanhazbufferoverflow is a newly-discovered security vulnerability affecting almost all intel processors' "secure boot" firmware

House Republicans Pass Draconian Measure Censoring Public Data

Julian Assange Is Free, but Justice Has Not Been Served

Can’t charge EV car because ChargeUp forgot to renew their certificate making their app unusable 

Amazon-Powered AI Cameras Used to Detect Emotions of Unwitting UK Train Passengers

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"With software there are only two possibilities: either the users control the program or the program controls the users. If the program controls the users, and the developer controls the program, then the program is an instrument of unjust power. " -- Richard M Stallman

**Essential reading**

1. [The right to read](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html)
2. Free software, free society. [PDF](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/fsfs/rms-essays.pdf)
3. [The JavaScript Trap](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html)
4. [Why open source misses the point of free software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html)
5. [Feudal Security](https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/12/feudal_sec.html)
6. [You Have No Control Over Security on the Feudal Internet ](https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2013/06/you_have_no_control.html)
7. [Lockdown: The coming war on general purpose computing](https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html)
8. [You Can’t Defend Public Libraries and Oppose File-Sharing](https://torrentfreak.com/you-cant-defend-public-libraries-and-oppose-file-sharing-150510/)
9. [‘No Company Is So Important Its Existence Justifies Setting Up a Police State’](http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/richard-stallman-rms-on-privacy-data-and-free-software.html)
10. [Network Services Aren't Free or Nonfree; They Raise Other Issues](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.en.html)

**People with similar ideas:**

* [Aaron Swartz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz)
* [Edward Snowden](http://wagingnonviolence.org/2014/07/ellsberg-snowden-risks-hacks/)
* [Bruce Schneier](https://www.schneier.com/)
* [Cory Doctorow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Doctorow)
* [Evgeny Morozov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Morozov)
* [Maciej Cegłowski](http://idlewords.com)

**Vaguely related:**

[/r/lostgeneration](https://reddit.com/r/lostgeneration) •
[/r/freeculture ](https://reddit.com/r/freeculture) • [/r/linux  ](https://reddit.com/r/linux) • [/r/NSALeaks](https://reddit.com/r/NSAleaks) •  [/r/programming ](https://reddit.com/r/programming) • [r/LateStageColonialism](https://reddit.com/r/LateStageColonialism) • [r/Firefox](https://reddit.com/r/Firefox)



**Rules**

1. Memes and shitposts allowed only on Mondays
2. Try to flair your posts
3. WWRMSD?

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&quot;With software there are only two possibilities: either the users control the program or the program controls the users. If the program controls the users, and the developer controls the program, then the program is an instrument of unjust power. &quot; -- Richard M Stallman

Essential reading

<ol>
<li><a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html">The right to read</a></li>
<li>Free software, free society. <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/fsfs/rms-essays.pdf">PDF</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html">The JavaScript Trap</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html">Why open source misses the point of free software</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/12/feudal_sec.html">Feudal Security</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2013/06/you_have_no_control.html">You Have No Control Over Security on the Feudal Internet </a></li>
<li><a href="https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html">Lockdown: The coming war on general purpose computing</a></li>
<li><a href="https://torrentfreak.com/you-cant-defend-public-libraries-and-oppose-file-sharing-150510/">You Can’t Defend Public Libraries and Oppose File-Sharing</a></li>
<li><a href="http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/richard-stallman-rms-on-privacy-data-and-free-software.html">‘No Company Is So Important Its Existence Justifies Setting Up a Police State’</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.en.html">Network Services Aren&#39;t Free or Nonfree; They Raise Other Issues</a></li>
</ol>

People with similar ideas:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz">Aaron Swartz</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wagingnonviolence.org/2014/07/ellsberg-snowden-risks-hacks/">Edward Snowden</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.schneier.com/">Bruce Schneier</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Doctorow">Cory Doctorow</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Morozov">Evgeny Morozov</a></li>
<li><a href="http://idlewords.com">Maciej Cegłowski</a></li>
</ul>

Vaguely related:

<a href="https://reddit.com/r/lostgeneration">/r/lostgeneration</a> •
<a href="https://reddit.com/r/freeculture">/r/freeculture </a> • <a href="https://reddit.com/r/linux">/r/linux </a> • <a href="https://reddit.com/r/NSAleaks">/r/NSALeaks</a> • <a href="https://reddit.com/r/programming">/r/programming </a> • <a href="https://reddit.com/r/LateStageColonialism">r/LateStageColonialism</a> • <a href="https://reddit.com/r/Firefox">r/Firefox</a>

Rules

<ol>
<li>Memes and shitposts allowed only on Mondays</li>
<li>Try to flair your posts</li>
<li>WWRMSD?</li>
</ol>
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<div class="md">Nobody listens to him. But he was right all along.
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Stallman was Right

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