> Do pro-generative AI people have absolutely no argument besides this?
They say it even though the standard response is: "When I buy a joint[1], I am breaking no laws. Does that make it legal for a corporation to purchase 200m tons of marijuana for profit?"
As far as legal concepts go, scale matters! Just because you are legally allowed to do something individually, does not automatically make it legal to do it for profit 200m times a month.
FCOL, before you even get to the scale argument, some things that are legal to do for free are not legal to do for profit.
They say it even though the standard response is: "When I buy a joint[1], I am breaking no laws. Does that make it legal for a corporation to purchase 200m tons of marijuana for profit?"
As far as legal concepts go, scale matters! Just because you are legally allowed to do something individually, does not automatically make it legal to do it for profit 200m times a month.
FCOL, before you even get to the scale argument, some things that are legal to do for free are not legal to do for profit.
[1] In my jurisdiction, anyway. Many others too.