The Archive strongly supports AI training being Fair Use. It has even advised the UK government to relax copyright laws to permit training. blog.archive.org/…/internet-archive-submits-comme…
Some of the precedents won by AI companies offer great support for the Archive, but remember that they also had to pay up on occasion.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 2 days ago
Actually there are several legal arguments about this currently ongoing.
There isn’t really a final decision yet, but I think I agree with Cory Doctorow’s opinion that the solution is to make the output of generative AI tools uncopywritable/public domain. This protects artists broadly, as any company that wants to produce a copywrited final work (e.g. film, television, music, books, etc) will need to hire an artist to do it.
duhlieluh@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
i think that should be a given but it does not solve peoples work being taken and mutilated by an algorithm.
certainly takes incentive out of it for someone that wants to use it for a production, but im sure there are ways they would get around it.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 day ago
You’re right that it’s not a complete solution. Offhand, it seems like this won’t help graphic designers that make advertising graphics if the advertiser doesn’t really care about copyright protection - or basically anything that is expected to have a short lifespan (who cares if an ad campaign that runs for a week is copyrighted?).
Are those jobs worth fighting over? There are probably a lot more graphic artists making a living producing bilboards and web ads &etc than there are making a living selling their own art, but are those jobs something that society at large should make an effort to protect?
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’d say that’s always a good position. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him come out on the wrong side of a topic.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I have argued with him. He can tend to throw up flippant back-hands, but his prepared arguments are good.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I’d rather have it that way around than the contrary.