this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2026
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My takeaway from the article is that these "costs" are what it would have cost to actually license the use of a celebrity for every random ai social media post.
Basically the same copyright math they have been using for years, where every pirated copy of something is a loss of the full msrp.
Its the same way Onanism is killing a theoretical baby
Pulling out is a felony abortion in Texas.