[re-thc]

> So basically, we know China is never going to pay the publishers/content creators (never)

Who is we? How do you know? Never is a strong word.

> If we hold our principles to OpenAI (pay who you took from), they will go bankrupt.

i.e. their business wasn't feasible to begin with? Sounds fine? What's wrong with them being bankrupt (if needed).

[addandsubtract]

OpenAI has become "too big to fail". They obviously can't face any meaningful repercussions, as that goes against the established form of capitalism in the US. Instead, they have to find creative ways to allow (or at least not sentence) OpenAI to any wrongdoing. Shareholders über alles.