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Do they check if all assets are purchased? Can't you download a texture off google images and use it in a game, even if the image is copyright? Seems its headi
by robswc 3y ago
Do they check if all assets are purchased? Can't you download a texture off google images and use it in a game, even if the image is copyright?
Seems its heading to a gray area like youtube where you can have music in the video and its only an issue if someone checks for it.
- ozyschmozy 3y agoI think the difference is that the stolen texture case is pretty cut and dry, right? If someone makes a complaint to valve that a game they're distributing has stolen textures, it's relatively easy for them to deal with it. Since AI generated content is in such a gray legal area now, I imagine it'd be impossible to deal with complaints about it, and they probably don't want to put themselves in a situation where they'd have to be the arbiter of that.
- acoard 3y agoCopying already copyrighted assets is clearly regulated. Valve knows what to do in this situation, and simply pulling down the offending game complies with the copyright regime. It's unclear what the rules are going to be for AI generated art. There has been no law, or no court case, deciding it. As such, Valve is being a bit more defensive here to limit exposure. I agree it's not a great trend, but it seems inevitable when this can lead to massive risk (lawsuits including Valve), and the upside is negligible. Valve is not going to lose market share over this, at least not for the foreseeable future.