Comment on Disney Invests $1 Billion in the AI Slopification of Its Brand
paraphrand@lemmy.world 4 days agoSeems like an awkward conflict. If the generated material can’t be copyrighted and the characters are “licensed.”
Comment on Disney Invests $1 Billion in the AI Slopification of Its Brand
paraphrand@lemmy.world 4 days agoSeems like an awkward conflict. If the generated material can’t be copyrighted and the characters are “licensed.”
einlander@lemmy.world 4 days ago
If the characters are copyrighted but the story and movie is AI generated, can I just swap them out with my own characters and it be perfectly legal?
tonytins@pawb.social 4 days ago
Pretty much. Characters only goes enter into the public domain after the copyright for the first publication of that character lapses or waivers, such as the CC0. That’s why Steamboat Willie entering the public domain was such a big deal.