> But it's pretty implausible that the process of learning wouldn't involve the brain having some representation of the thing it's learning, or wouldn't involve repeatedly "copying" that representation.
I think you can easily make a stronger statement:
We do know that art students spend many hours literally tracing other images in order to learn to draw. We do know that repetition is how the brain improves over time.
Based on that, seems pretty clear to me that the other commenters here would agree (regardless what the brain does internally) that at a minimum, art students are violating copyright many, many, times in order to learn.
I think you can easily make a stronger statement:
We do know that art students spend many hours literally tracing other images in order to learn to draw. We do know that repetition is how the brain improves over time.
"Learn to draw better by copying." - https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/illustration/discover/le...
Based on that, seems pretty clear to me that the other commenters here would agree (regardless what the brain does internally) that at a minimum, art students are violating copyright many, many, times in order to learn.