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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't oppose AI pictures at all. However, considering that all generative image models have been trained on human generated data, it is only fair that these models and art created by them be under copyleft licenses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

In the US under federal law only a human being may own copyright over a piece of artwork. Even a monkey that takes its own picture can't legally own the picture, so neither can an AI. The only thing you can own is the access to the artwork.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Honest question: how does this work for corporations? Does that mean a particular employee of a corporation holds the copyright, or can the corporation itself (e.g. Disney) as a legal "person" hold a copyright?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nobody can hold the copyright unless it's deemed to be created by a human. Disney owns the copyright because under US law, corporations are also people, and their employees create the work for Disney.