The new AI Policy Framework claims to protect authors. It doesn't. Let me show you exactly how it's designed to look like a door while functioning as a wall.
They open by declaring that training AI on copyrighted work "does not violate copyright laws" (It did for Anthropic who was forced to pay, but not for whine asses at OpenAI) then add "but we'll let the courts decide." That's not neutrality. That's endorsement with a escape hatch. They've picked a side and called it balance.
This is where it gets insulting. They say Congress should consider licensing frameworks so authors can negotiate compensation. Sounds good, right? Read the next sentence. That legislation "should not address when or whether such licensing is required." They built you a door with no handle.
The only one real protection in the entire document is voice and likeness rights. Deepfakes. That's it. That's what they protected. Not your prose. Not your plot. Not your livelihood. Your face.
And the closer "Congress should monitor and evaluate." That's policy language for "we're not doing anything." They will watch. They will evaluate. They will do nothing as fvcking usual, until the industry is unrecognizable. I'm an author.
I've spent years building a body of work. This framework just told me that work can be consumed without consent, without compensation, and the best they'll offer is a voluntary system nobody is required to use. That's not policy. That's permission. And you most certainly do not have mine.
#AuthorsGuild #DemandMore #QuitOpenAI #QuitGPT
From the Intellectual Property Rights section of the new National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence:
'Although the Administration believes that training of Al models on copyrighted material does not violate copyright laws, it acknowledges arguments to the contrary exist and therefore supports allowing the Courts to resolve this issue.'
'Congress should consider enabling licensing frameworks or collective rights systems for rights holders to collectively negotiate compensation from Al providers, without incurring antitrust liability. Any such legislation, however, should not address when or whether such licensing is required.'
'Congress should consider establishing a federal framework protecting individuals from the unauthorized distribution or commercial use of Al-generated digital replicas of their voice, likeness, or other identifiable attributes, while providing clear exceptions for parody, satire, news reporting, and other expressive works protected by the First Amendment.'
'Congress should continue to carefully monitor the development of copyright precedents and enforcement in the courts and evaluate whether, due to novel Al considerations, additional action beyond that proposed here is needed to fill potential gaps or provide additional protections for content creators.'