„,The art of the deal‘ wird zu ,The art of the steal‘“

Robert Thomson, CEO von News Corp (Wall Street Journal, HarperCollins) (Q4 Earnings Report 2025)

“The AI age must cherish the value of intellectual property if we are collectively to realize our potential. Much is made of the competition with China, but America’s advantage is ingenuity and creativity, not bits and bytes, not watts but wit. To undermine that comparative advantage by stripping away IP rights is to vandalize our virtuosity. Even the President of the United States is not immune to this blatant theft. The President’s books are still reporting healthy sales, but are being consumed by AI engines which profit from his thoughts by cannibalizing his concepts, thus undermining future sales of his books. Suddenly, The Art of the Deal has become The Art of the Steal.”