▲ 277 ▼ Japan Decides That Copyright Doesn't Apply to AI Training (technomancers.ai) submitted 3 years ago by michael@lemmy.perthchat.org to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 72 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] timdesuyo@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) It is. That was what the whole monkey selfie lawsuit was about. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 5 points 3 years ago It isn’t, and that wasn’t what the monkey selfie lawsuit was about. The monkey selfie lawsuit in fact supports the idea that generative art can be protected, if it demonstrates a manifestation of an artists specific intent. The monkey selfie wasn’t copyrightable not because a monkey isn’t a human; but because the monkey didn’t know wtf it was doing when it took a selfie. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 5 points 3 years ago It isn’t, and that wasn’t what the monkey selfie lawsuit was about. The monkey selfie lawsuit in fact supports the idea that generative art can be protected, if it demonstrates a manifestation of an artists specific intent. The monkey selfie wasn’t copyrightable not because a monkey isn’t a human; but because the monkey didn’t know wtf it was doing when it took a selfie. permalink fedilink source parent