**EFF to Courts: Don't Rewrite Copyright over AI Hype** > New markets, new idea

**EFF to Courts: Don't Rewrite Copyright over AI Hype**

> New markets, new ideas, and new creators are actually what copyright is supposed to promote, not restrict. Using copyright to lock in existing gatekeepers and massive rightsholders’ profits helps neither the public nor individual artists. The history of technology is rife with copyright panics. In the 1980s, major rightsholders ran to Congress and the courts, claiming that videotape recorders (VTR) were “to the Ameri...

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- **来源**：Hacker News：AI 热帖
- **分类**：论文
- **发布时间**：2026-09-01 20:53（北京时间）
- **原文**：[打开原文](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/eff-courts-dont-rewrite-copyright-over-ai-hype)