[gamblor956]

You could also just...not watch it.

You don't have a right to consume someone else's creations just because you want to.

[stubish]

No, you can't not watch it.

Popular media becomes part of popular culture. Your culture, my culture. It surrounds us and affects us, no matter our choice and even before we are of an age we can legally make such decisions. Mickey Mouse is in your head, and Disney controls Mickey Mouse, so Disney controls a part of you. Owns a part of you. A part that you need to keep locked away and only used with permission, because that T-shirt that makes you feel happy for no good reason needs to be blurred out when filmed to avoid a court case. And Gen X is still pissed about it because Han shooting first is part of their identity.

[harimau777]

I think it becomes less black and white once something becomes part of culture (in the sense that works like Beowulf, Macbeth, and The Arabian Nights are part of culture, not in the sense that every published work is part of culture). I think that people have a right to their culture and therefore have a right to interact with stories that become part of their culture.

[CatWChainsaw]

Is this your stance on the creation of the datasets used for training of song-generating and image-generating models as well?

[gamblor956]

That's not even remotely related...

And my stance on the creation of AI training is that if they want to use someone else's IP, they can try to negotiate a license and pay for it what the creator/rightsholder wants for it.

And if they don't get a license, then they can do without.

[tourmalinetaco]

Will the work be in the public domain after you die? Do they make more money per hour than you would make in a dozen lifetimes? Do they not currently offer the media? if you answer yes to at least two of these questions, then yes you do.