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To me, what getty is doing is actual theft. How do you “accidentally” issue copyright claims using images you don’t own? How did getty start claiming this image
by buildbot 2y ago
To me, what getty is doing is actual theft. How do you “accidentally” issue copyright claims using images you don’t own? How did getty start claiming this image as their own?
In contrast, training an AI model you download a piece of info once and then don’t resell that (exact) piece of info. Nobody is claiming they own the image when they don’t.
- rcxdude 2y agoIt's fairly easy to do accidentally in the case of a large corporation like this: different parts of it don't check with other parts. In this case one part added some public domain photos to their site, which is scummy but legal, and then another part assumed that those photos were like the many others they have exclusive rights to. In another case mentioned in that article it's a third party which lied to them. Accidental doesn't mean they aren't reckless with their threats, however, which large-scale copyright license collection systems almost by necessity are, and that causes a lot of harm (and they are rightfully losing cases over it).
- rectang 2y ago> Nobody is claiming they own the image when they don’t. An AI generated work may still be derivative enough to be judged as infringing by a court. AI is not a black box which magically performs copyright laundering.