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Vent: My friend's AI art generator got flagged for copyright, but the training data was public domain.
Last week in Austin, my friend uploaded a series of images to a new AI art tool. The tool flagged one as a potential copyright issue, claiming it matched a known artist's style. The thing is, he only fed it public domain photos from a 1920s archive. So is the AI copying a style, which is legal, or is it reproducing a specific work? I'm on the fence. Has anyone else run into this with generative art models?
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theagarcia2mo ago
Heard a podcast about this, the legal line between style and actual work is super blurry right now (makes my head hurt).
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reese_hill2mo ago
Yeah, it's a mess. From what I've seen, the safest bet is to get a clear contract that says the style guide itself isn't the final work product. You're paying for the execution, not the ideas in a mood board.
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