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Instead of owning physical copies of DVDs or CDs, for example, people subscribe to streaming services, allowing them to access a wide range of products without the burden of traditional ownership. (Shutterstock)

The shift from owning to renting goods is ushering in a new era of consumerism

These days people prefer to simply have access to goods and services, rather than outright owning them. But what does this mean for the future of consumerism?
Still from ‘All watched over by machines of loving grace’ by Memo Akten, 2021. Created using custom AI software. Memo Akten

Generative AI is a minefield for copyright law

Intellectual property law wasn’t written with AI in mind, so it isn’t clear who owns the images that emerge from prompts – or if the artists whose work was scraped to train AI models should be paid.

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