4 ms·
> AI art isn't illegal All indications are that the dubious legality of ML-generated art is exactly why Valve is not approving those games. Valve isn't taking
by wtallis 3y ago
> AI art isn't illegal
All indications are that the dubious legality of ML-generated art is exactly why Valve is not approving those games. Valve isn't taking a moral stance against ML-generated art, they're playing it safe legally by avoiding distributing such games when they cannot ensure the ML models were not trained on unlicensed content and will not spew copyright infringements.
- shagie 3y agoConsider then the statement: Valve isn't taking a moral stance against emulators, they're playing it safe legally by avoiding distributing such games when they cannot ensure that unlicensed software won't be run on them and will not invite copyright takedowns. --- Valve doesn't want to carry software that they may be sued over as a distributor. Until they are on very firm standing that it is ok, they pull the software. https://kotaku.com/workers-resources-steam-pc-dmca-takedown-communism-1850125125 https://kotaku.com/workers-resources-steam-pc-dmca-takedown-... https://kotaku.com/workers-resources-soviet-republic-pc-dmca-city-builder-1850190837 https://kotaku.com/workers-resources-soviet-republic-pc-dmca... As a distributor of software, Steam has no appetite for distributing any software that may lead it to legal entanglements. Spurious DMCA requests, AI art, or credible threats from Nintendo - that game cannot be distributed.