Generative AI will be a huge boon for the public domain – unless copyright blocks it (walledculture.org)
from psychothumbs@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 14 Dec 2023 21:33
https://lemmy.world/post/9575183

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mawkishdave@lemmy.world on 14 Dec 2023 21:43 next collapse

I have never been worried about the advancement of technology. I am worried about the people that control the technology.

[deleted] on 14 Dec 2023 22:04 collapse

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Fredselfish@lemmy.world on 14 Dec 2023 22:15 next collapse

Was reading that and all I could think about was the silver orbs from Phantasm.

[deleted] on 14 Dec 2023 22:18 collapse

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psychothumbs@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 2023 15:25 collapse

Yes Altman is definitely someone we need to keep an eye on to make sure he doesn’t try to get a copyright assigned to OpenAI for everything their AIs create.

uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 15 Dec 2023 00:00 next collapse

The US Supreme Court has been blocking fair use and ]ublic domain additions for a century now and is still going strong disregarding the public good.

We need to assure robust, legally untouchable, piracy assets that will assure culture will go on through the public no matter how much the state tries to lock it down. Not only for the sake of bypassing enshittification the flourishing of our public culture but the archival and preservation of historical content, since the market gives zero fucks about posterity.

realitista@lemm.ee on 15 Dec 2023 02:20 next collapse

I’d rather artists get paid personally.

tabular@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 2023 09:20 collapse

Does copyright pay artists? As it seems to me it pays copyright holders collecting them like trading cards and Artists getting paid is more a side effect.

Copyright concerns redistribution but if one gets paid a satisfied amount in a patron model (before production) you don’t “need” copyright. For work that is copyrighted many consider a Creative Common license that permits redistribution.

realitista@lemm.ee on 15 Dec 2023 09:35 collapse

If royalties are paid, in most cases the artist will get some. How much depends on the contract he signed. I agree it’s not a great system. I’d like to see some direct licensing with the artist rather than what we have today, but something is still better than nothing.

Kolanaki@yiffit.net on 15 Dec 2023 02:24 next collapse

If copyright blocks it, simply use Generative AI to find a loophole. 😏

TheOneCurly@lemmy.theonecurly.page on 15 Dec 2023 03:45 next collapse

The headline gives a bad first impression but I think the text itself has an interesting point. As it stands right now (in the US) the AI gatekeepers can’t copyright any of their output. So each and every piece of generated media is one more piece added to the public domain pile. Most of it is worthless but if there’s anything worth building on someone or someones can do that.

Crackhappy@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 2023 03:47 collapse

This reminds me a bit of a Charles Stross novel.