@nicemicro @Hazzbenn @twipped (I attempt to reply to all of your 3 replies, hope it won't cause confusion)
First, I don't think I ever argued about scraping public online content, the original CD ripping analogy is about non-free works, and "AI" companies do scrape copyrighted works (e.g. OSS with non-commercial license clauses).
Second, my little joke is only an example of how scale can change how you want to do business with the other party, independently from the goods or services being exchanged (I.C.M. probably won't give away even 10 cones at once, even though their cost would still be negligible). And yes, copyright probably has to change in order to account for the fact that in 2025 information can be collected and processed in unprecedented scale.