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stale2002 on Sept 21, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Getty Images bans AI-generated content over fears ...

> You could imagine a GPL-like license being really good for the community/ecosystem: "If you train on this content, you have to release the model."

The issue with that is that it is perfectly legal to ignore the license, if you use the copyrighted work in a transformative way.

It doesn't matter what the license says, if it is legal to ignore the license.

6gvONxR4sf7o on Sept 21, 2022 [–]

That seems to be the status quo, but if huge companies benefit from the electorate's work and use that to put them out of jobs, I wouldn't be surprised if the law changes.

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