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All this AI-generated stuff really should just go into the public domain automatically. That'd immediately not only resolve any possible copyright disputes but
by Joker_vD 2y ago
All this AI-generated stuff really should just go into the public domain automatically. That'd immediately not only resolve any possible copyright disputes but also make AI usage much, much less appealing for the large orgs.
- neilv 2y ago> All this AI-generated stuff really should just go into the public domain automatically. That'd immediately not only resolve any possible copyright disputes [...] I can't just take something of yours, and make it public domain.
- Joker_vD 2y agoWell, as of right now the AI-generated images are considered to be un-copyrightable by the USA Office of the Copyright, because they were created by "a mere mechanical process that operates randomly". That doesn't mean that they are in public domain, of course — but the law could make it so, why not. I guess I know why not: all of the major copyright holders would probably rather prefer to settle such issues in the courts and/or contracts, to get their share of the rent extraction, and AI companies also don't have much incentive to have AI-generated output be public domain either, so I'd imagine the lawmakers would try to reconcile theirs opinions somehow instead of adopting this point of view of mine (I am, after all, a random person on the Internet and have no lobbying power).
- layer8 2y agoThem being uncopyrightable doesn’t imply that they can’t infringe on others’ copyrights. If you publish some copyright-infringing piece and say “my dog typed it by accident” (LLMs basically have the same status as animals here), then even in the hypothetical case that that’s true it’s still copyright infringement.