☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“We’re at the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Napster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Napster</span></a> moment in the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> race. (for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a>) When we started streaming music in the early 2000s, most of it was stolen. That wasn’t going to work in the long run. Who could afford to be a musician if no one paid for music.” —Prof. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TobyWalsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TobyWalsh</span></a>, artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OpEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpEd</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BlackBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackBooks</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BlackInc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackInc</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theft</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Piracy</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Publishing</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/UniNSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniNSW</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/i-have-been-an-ai-researcher-for-40-years-what-tech-giants-are-doing-to-book-publishing-is-akin-to-theft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/07/i-have-been-an-ai-researcher-for-40-years-what-tech-giants-are-doing-to-book-publishing-is-akin-to-theft</span></a>&gt;</p>