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If your startup is making a product that's the same thing only a bit better, then yeah, Big Company X is going to clone it and eat your lunch. You're doing sustaining innovation, and all that takes is money. They have more money than you. The end.
Books that explain (parts of) how the world really works
apenwarr
To be interesting just tell your own story with uncommon honesty.
Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
Kevin Kelly
If it is fair use to set up a major operation to buy physical copies of books (often used, which means the original copyright holder isn’t even benefiting), tear them up, scan them, and discard them, but it’s not fair use to simply obtain the digital versions of those books directly, then the real world effect is to favor large incumbent companies over small startups, as well as companies who don’t follow U.S. law (like, say, a Chinese AI startup).
Training AI Is Fair Use, Product Protection Versus LLM Liability, Piracy and Competition
Ben Thompson
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