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DeepThought42@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Not sure if you are in the US or not but just so you are aware, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will not issue a copyright to AI generated content. I don’t know what the laws are outside the US, but other jurisdictions may be similar. The upshot of this is that while you may try to sell AI generated content, you will not be able to enforce any sort of copyright on it. Many (those whose countries don’t recognize copyrights on AI generated content) will be able to take what you post/sell and sell it or use it as their own without having to pay you anything.
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 4 months ago
That's correct. I think it's very similar here in some European countries. And in my opinion it also means the terms of service of lot of those AI generators are meaningless. Since they also don't own any copyright on the content you generate on their platforms, you can just sell it anyways. Even if they prohibit that.
And to add on the whole issue: All the AI stuff isn't yet settled ultimately (in court.) You'd need to wait a few years to be absolutely sure. But despite being trained on copyrighted material, these tools don't reproduce it one to one. I mean theoretically they probably might be capable, but usually that's not what's happening. So most things should be safe for the user. BUT: It's not all about copyright. There is trademark law and other things. And AI might very well draw a Mickey Mouse or other things and it might not be okay to sell those.