Post by @ajroach42@retro.social

2026-11-08 16:48 UTC

So I've decided that I don't care! If the AI steals something I've produced, they are already in violation of the law (CC-BY-SA means that they have to 1) credit me, which they do not and 2) release their derivative work under the same terms, which they are legally prohibited from doing in the united states.) If the law has already failed to protect me from the slop machine, that will not somehow turn me into a copyright maximalist. My values still point me towards sharing and giving back, and CC-BY-SA lets me signal to the people who still respect one another that they are both allowed and encouraged to re-use my work, and sets the terms under which I would prefer for them to do it.

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@ajroach42@retro.social 2026-11-08 16:53

We must own our own folklore, pop-culture must belong to everyone. That's why all the original characters we produce for @MountainTownToys@retro.social are CC-BY-SA. That's why our video games are CC-BY-SA, that's why our comics and our podcasts and our TV shows and our fiction are CC-BY-SA (And, let me be clear, I'm not working under the misapprehension that something I make is likely to *become* folklore or pop-culture. I don't really even *want* that. But I want whatever does become popculture and modern folklore to be free to reinterpret and reshape, so I make sure what I create is too.) I will not remove that signal. I will not make another choice. I will not let my fear or anger towards the slop machine prevent me from taking a loud stance in favor of collaboration and shared creativity.

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