Article by IEEE Spectrum: The writers tested the two AI image generators MidJourney and Stable Diffusion, testing their abilities to generate imagery that closely resembled copyrighted material, which proves that the training data of the image generators had to contain copyrighted material. Implemented safeguards were largely unsuccessful to curb the output of potentially infringing images.
When artists copy someone else’s style or use an IP (I imagine Patreon fanfic art of trendy characters) both the original studio and the copying artist get paid for their labor.
With AI only the AI company gets paid in subscriptions for the service of operating a server that has the AI algorithm running on it.
My basic take is that I want artists paid for their work and the AI company, which has insane funding and legal responsibility, is stealing.
If Disney sends an individual artist a cease and desist - that artist almost certainly complies. If Disney sent the AI company a cease and desist - its a legal battle designed to cement, not dismantle, copyright infringement rules - for the enrichment of those who already have structural power in the job market for art creation.
Not the person they would send it to.
That’s like sending photoshop a cease and desist because someone used it to make a mickey mouse clone.
They would still send the cease and desist to the person publishing the art, not the ai company.
Well the AI company did the original theft. You know why they’d send it to the individual? Because its all about control, not about copyright or ownership or whether the technology is useful. Its just control. They’d never send the AI company a cease and desist because AI is going to help Disney pay artists less and they dont even ever have to use AI to do it, they just have to play along with the tech bros.