Copyright was the base protection layer. Not in the "I own it" sense, but in the "you can't take it and run with it" sense.

With the current weakening of it, it opens the door to abuses that we don't have the proper tools to deal with now. Perhaps new ones will emerge, but we'll have to see.

Same reason why fake images and videos are now more. Photoshop existed 30 years ago.

Before LLM you needed time and abilities to do it, with AI you need less of both.

Last i checked LLMs didn’t exist until only a few years ago

Until now, people have had the leverage/cost asymmetry in their favor where they could easily differentiate and make rational choices.

AI has tipped that nuanced balance in a way that is both destructive, and unsustainable. Just like any other fraud or ponzi.

Cost/loss constraint function now favors the unskilled, blind, destructive individual running an LLM who spits on all those that act with good faith. Quite twisted.