These models will exist one way or another. Even the most IP concerned lawmakers in the deepest pockets of the RIAA and whatnot. It's just that some want there to be monopoly rents payed to themselves every time someone uses them
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> These models will exist one way or another.
This line of reasoning seems more or less equivalent to "movie piracy will exist one way or another, therefore I should be allowed to launch a commercial Netflix competitor which streams movies without paying the studios". Just because it's possible to appropriate content doesn't mean we should just give up and put it in the public domain, that's obviously not sustainable.
Actually that sounds great. Commercial piracy netflix competitor please and thank you.
Sounds great until the entertainment industry collapses because the inconvenience barrier which kept piracy at reasonable levels vanishes, with every theatre, TV channel and streaming service suddenly no longer paying for anything they show. I think you know that's not going to work.
Yeah, but wouldn’t it be a heck of a lot of fun
Maybe profit caps for models that use licensed/copyright content would make sense? That would leave general use of open source models alone, while still having the potential to flow money to the right people.