We Asked A.I. to Create the Joker. It Generated a Copyrighted Image.::Artists and researchers are exposing copyrighted material hidden within A.I. tools, raising fresh legal questions.

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    9 months ago

    You ever try to do a public performance of a copyrighted work, like “Happy Birthday to You” ??

    You get sued. Even if its from memory. Welcome to copyright law. There’s a reason why every restaraunt had to make up a new “Happy Happy Birthday, from the Birthday Crew” song.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah, but until I perform it without a license for profit, I don’t get sued.

      So it’s up to the user to make sure that if any material that is generated is copyright infringing, it should not be used.

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        9 months ago

        Otakon anime music videos have no profits but they explicitly get a license from RIAA to play songs in public.

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          9 months ago

          So? I’m not saying those are fair terms, I would also prefer if that were not the case, but AI isn’t performing in public any more having a guitar with you in public is ripping off Metallica.

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            9 months ago

            You don’t need to perform “for profit” to get sued for copyright infringement.

            but AI isn’t performing in public any more having a guitar with you in public is ripping off Metallica.

            Is the Joker image in that article derivative or substantially similar to a copyrighted work? Is the query available to anyone who uses Midjourney? Are the training weights being copied from server-to-server behind the scenes? Were the training weights derived from copyrighted data?