Comment on The AI-focused COPIED Act would make removing digital watermarks illegal
hark@lemmy.world 2 months agoIf I include an image of mickey mouse (ripped straight from disney) in my application in a proprietary compression format, then the application decompresses that image and changes the hue (or whatever other kind of modification), then these are technically “transformations” but they’re not transformative.
IzzyJ@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The law being violated there is trademark, not copyright
hark@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No it isn’t. The image of mickey mouse was literally copied (hence copyright, literally right to copy). Regardless, that’s still IP law being violated so I don’t know how that helps your case.
IzzyJ@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If you arent calling it mickey mouse, it would actually be fine from a copyright perspective. What youd get sued for is the character design itself being too similar, which is a trademark/IP issue