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Jack Dorsey , co - beginner of Twitter ( now X ) and Square ( now Block ) , trigger a weekend ’s worth of debate around cerebral property , patents , and copyright , witha characteristically terse postdeclaring , “ delete all IP law . ”
X ’s current proprietor , Elon Musk , quickly respond , “ I agree . ”
Indeed , technical school revivalist and investor Chris Messina alluded to this whilewritingthat Dorsey “ has a point , ” because , “ automate IP fines/3 - smasher rules for AI violation may become the substitute for putting pathetic people in jail for cannabis will power . ”
Others were less appealing to this argument , with Ed Newton - Rex ( whose non-profit-making somewhat prepare certifies AI training praxis that respect Divine ’ rights)describing the Dorsey - Musk exchangeas “ Tech White House declaring all - out war on Lord who do n’t desire their life ’s study ransack for profit . ”
And the author Lincoln Michelwrote that“none of Jack or Elon ’s companies would live without IP law , ” total , “ They just detest artists . ”
Dorsey enlarge on his stance in subsequent response , writingthat there are “ much capital models to give creators ” while claim “ the current ones take way too much from them and only rent - seek . ”
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He made a similar point when attorney ( and former Robert F. Kennedy Jr. run partner ) Nicole Shanahanpushed backwith an all caps “ NO . ”
“ IP law is the only thing separating human creations from AI creations , ” Shanahan suppose . “ If you want to reform it , let ’s peach ! ”
Dorseycountered , “ Creativity is what currently separates us , and the current organisation is limiting that , and putting the payments disbursement into the hands of gatekeepers who are n’t pay out fairly . ”
Musk ’s reply is at least consistent with statement he ’s made in the past times — for example , telling Jay Lenothat “ patents are for the weak . ”
A decade ago , in a so - call patent giveaway , he pledgedthat Tesla would not enforce patents against other companies that used them “ in dependable faith . ” ( The caller subsequentlysued Australia ’s Cap - XXover patent , but it say that was a reception to a causa Cap - XX filed against a Tesla subsidiary . )
And Dorsey has shown an interest group in open germ approaches to societal media , most notably initiating the undertaking that eventually became Bluesky , though he seemed to become disillusioned andeventually left Bluesky ’s board . ( Bluesky CEO Jay Graber recently saidDorsey ’s departure “ free up ” the companyfrom seeming like a billionaire ’s side project . )
It ’s also worth noting that the line between a random conversation on Twitter / X and actual government insurance is thinner than it used to be , with Musk joining the Trump administration and pushing mint layoff throughhis Department of Government Efficiency — identify after a meme and largely staff from the technical school worldly concern .
