Does this mean that if Hollywood shifts to AI for production that none of it will be copyrightable?
Famous AI Artist Says He's Losing Millions from People Stealing His Work
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#22> “The refusal of the U.S. Copyright Office to recognize human authorship in AI-assisted creations highlights a critical issue in modern intellectual property law. As AI continues to evolve, it is imperative that our legal frameworks adapt to protect the rights of those who harness these technologies for creative expression,” Allen’s lawyer, Pester, recently said. Got it. So while substantial efforts have been made t…
I don't agree that AI generated work should grant a copyright to the prompter, but it's not an inconsistent position. The belief that training a model is fair use does not preclude the belief that copying the work directly is not.
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#23looks like the crux is that supposedly ai-generated images don't have copyright protections
> When an AI technology determines the expressive elements of its output, the generated material is not the product of human authorship.
> As a result, that material is not protected by copyright and must be disclaimed in a registration application.
but i think that's only if it's entirely prompt driven. you could argue that manual edits or additions would allow it to to have copyright?
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#24Me sitting here wishing I had millions to lose in the first place...
It's hypothetical millions. He's claiming unrealizable profits because he can't protect his work from being copied without compensation.
So technically, he has zero right now and is begging the government to use force of law (i.e. threat of violence) to direct millions to him.
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#25Does this mean that if Hollywood shifts to AI for production that none of it will be copyrightable?
You bet they will lobby to protect their IP.
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#26lol, leopards, faces
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#27The schadenfruede is so tasty.
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#28Does this mean that if Hollywood shifts to AI for production that none of it will be copyrightable?
It means that studios will shift how they lobby for copyright law as they train internal AI models on their asset catalogs. Eventually, Allen's claim will be mainstream.
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#29Does this mean that if Hollywood shifts to AI for production that none of it will be copyrightable?
Close! If Hollywood starts doing it, it will become copyrightable. (But somehow only if you can retain 5+ lawyers.)
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#30Based on his argument, the human component should and rightfully be copyrightable. In this case, it's the prompt or conversation he had with the AI. That should definitely be able to be copyrightable, but I agree that the image itself should not.
This is the fundamental problem with AI -- if the government isn't willing to protect it, there is fundamentally no market for it. What does that say about the value of the actual AI tools? If the content and images you produce with them can no longer be protected, what value are the tools used to create them?