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Much as I dislike the theft of human labor that feeds many of the #generativeAI products we see today, I have to agree with @pluralistic that #copyright law is the wrong way to address the problem.
To frame the issue concretely: think of whom copyright law has benefited in the past, and then explain how it would benefit the individual creator when it is applied to #AI. (Hint: it won’t.)
Copyright law is already abused and extended to an absurd degree today. It already overreaches. It impoverishes society by putting up barriers to creation and allowing toll-collectors to exist between citizen artists and their audience.
*Labor* law is likely what we need to lean on. #unions and #guilds protect creators in a way that copyright cannot. Inequality and unequal bargaining power that lead to exploitation of artists and workers is what we need to address head-on.
Copyright will not save us.
“AI "art" and uncanniness”
https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/13/spooky-action-at-a-close-up/#invisible-hand
Finally! If this legal decision had been allowed to stand, then it didn't bode well for those taking on the LLM corps - https://www.todayonline.com/news/means-lot-sporean-photographer-legal-win-europe-artist-copied-work-win-award-2421361
'This means a lot': S'porean photographer wins court appeal against European painter who copied her work to win award
SINGAPORE — A Singaporean photographer has achieved a significant legal victory in Europe after suing an artist based in Luxembourg for copying her work in an award-winning painting, according to local media reports.Renald Loh (TODAY)
Just because #copyright won't fix the creative labor market [and save is from AI], it doesn't follow that nothing will. If we're worried about #labor issues, we can look to labor law to improve our conditions.
@pluralistic: #AI "art" and uncanniness (13 May 2024)
https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/13/spooky-action-at-a-close-up/
Another banger from @pluralistic . I don't know how he consistently keeps putting these out.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112435369749859354
There are too many great lines for a single pull quote. Spend the 5 minutes, read the whole thing.
This is brilliant stuff about #aiArt #copyright and the nature of meaning.