It's disturbing how much of what the anti-AI people call for mirrors Mussolini's Italy. The Ministry of Popular Culture had authority over all public communication of art. If the anti-AI mob has their way, we'll be in exactly the same situation here. 🧵
In particular, a 1941 Copyright Law established "moral rights", chaining writers and artists to Fascist corporations and tying creative endeavors to what were essentially cartels.
They had previously done something similar in 1933 with recording and broadcasting. 2/6
They had previously done something similar in 1933 with recording and broadcasting. 2/6
Works not licensed or approved by the corporations were legally prohibited from reaching the public. Industries had their own censors on site, and offending copies could be captured and stopped very quickly. 3/6
Corporations had ownership over art and ideas, exercising full control, and collaboration with publishers was required.
They paid lip service to satire, but this exception was used to bolster the "legitimacy" of the censorship of unlicensed media and art. 4/6
They paid lip service to satire, but this exception was used to bolster the "legitimacy" of the censorship of unlicensed media and art. 4/6
The destruction of transformative use as fair use, the very lifeblood of free speech itself, would establish this same LITERAL fascism. Art history is very instructive on how art is derivative of the culture around it. No one could POSSIBLY avoid the license regime. 5/6
And then, speech and thought itself would become highly restricted, allowed only when approved by the big content cartels. If anything, this would be FAR more restrictive than anything Mussolini could ever get passed!
More people need to learn history! 🔚
More people need to learn history! 🔚
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