The Death of the Mind

A central theme of Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) and this blog is that the copyright industry is never satisfied. Now matter how long the term of copyright, publishers and recording companies want more. No matter how harsh the punishments for infringement, the copyright intermediaries want them to be even more severe.
Another manifestation of this insatiability is seen in the ever-widening use of Internet site blocking. What began as a highly-targeted one-off in the UK, when a court ordered the Newzbin2 site to be blocked, has become a favored method of the copyright industry for cutting off access to thousands of sites around the world, including many blocked by mistake. Even more worryingly, the…

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I love that all of the billboards around town for “AI” companies have converged on an identical design aesthetic: sparse san-serif text on a solid-colored background, usually black, sometimes white, maybe a solid pastel if they’re feeling saucy.

It says, “We didn’t waste money by hiring a graphic designer, our CFO just knocked this out in Notepad! Good enough!”

This is morally consistent, as their business model is “Never pay an artist, or anyone else who does creative work.”

Previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously.

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