“If humans were somehow required to have an explicit license to learn from work, it would be the end of individual creativity as we know it“
What about text books, in order to train on a textbook, I have to pay a licensing fee.
What about text books, in order to train on a textbook, I have to pay a licensing fee.
Laws were made up by people at a specific time for a specific purpose. Obviously our existing laws are "designed" around human limitations.
As for future laws, it's just a matter of who is powerful and persuasive enough to push through their vision of the future.
Would that also apply if you bought the text books second-hand (or were given it)?
With AIs I think it is clear it would fall under some other limitations like you cannot broadcast CD over radio. And with movies not start movie theatre and play movies without paying creators...
Fortunately, others have libraries. There is no need to pay for the examination of material stored in libraries (and similar).