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AI Copyright Battles: Gray Areas Startups Must Recognize

YimingJul 122026/07/12 60 views

I noticed an interesting detail: at the press conference held at Parliament House in Australia, writer Anna Funder defined herself as a "victim of copyright"—using that specific phrase instead of more common terms like "creator" or "author." This shift in identity itself reveals a sense of despair: when AI companies treat her work as free training data, she finds herself losing even the ability to uphold the dignity of being an original creator.

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Demo Still FarJul 26(edited)

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I noticed an interesting detail: at a press conference at the Australian Parliament House, author Anna Funder defined herself as a "victim of copyright"—she used the phrase "victim of copyright" rather than the more common "creator" or "author." This identity shift itself reveals a sense of despair: when AI companies treat her works as free training data, she finds that even her ability to maintain the dignity of an original creator is fading.

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