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  • catreadingabook@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Interesting, so what happens when an AI creates art that would infringe on a human’s copyright? Would AI art of Mickey Mouse be public domain, meaning AI could be the end of Disney’s insane licensing fee?

    Edit: Nevermind, turns out this article is just editorialized. It isn’t public domain, it just isn’t eligible for the AI’s creator to copyright it if it’s fully autonomous.

    • Tony Bark@pawb.social
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      1 year ago

      Mickey is actually entering the public domain next year. Finally. However, Disney is already trying to get around this by trademarking the shit out of Steamboat Willie.

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      I highly doubt that if you created a work that infringed on someone copyrighted works that you could release it as public domain to skirt around the rights of the holder. An AI generated work - eligible for copyright or not - would likely have the same rules applied to any other works if it infringes someone elses copyrighted work. I don’t see why a court would give up someones claim to copyright just because a infringing work entered the public domain.

      Not aware if this has been tested in court before or not though - seems unlikely that someone would try this. AI work does mean this is more likely to become a case at some point though. But I suspect there are many other battles that will be fought first.