The "wie just trained in it" argument is such bullshit. If I learned to paint by copying making my own Mickey Mouse comics just for my own pleasure, that would be fine. But If I then started selling them Disney would sue the hell out of me. The same standards shpuld apply to AI companies.
this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2026
160 points (98.8% liked)
Technology
89251 readers
4214 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related news or articles.
- Be excellent to each other!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
- Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.
Approved Bots
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
Please do. We need to do this for copyleft. I'm surprised FSF and SFC haven't already start going at these companies in defence of copyleft. Copyright I'm a bit sceptical all as it's really about enrichment of the owner, copyleft is about the enrichment of the commons. But it's all the same law.
They probably haven't pursued legal action yet due to the current domination of right-wing mindsets - notoriously pro big money & power (until it hurts them personally). Particularly of concern is any precedent set by the current US Supreme Court which was shamelessly stacked forcefully by Mitch McConnell (and I'll forever be pissed at Obama for letting him without a fight).
Big money is very much "copyright for me and not for thee". Which feeds into broken legal systems, especially the US's.
They can't even hide behind the "we did not copy it, we just trained on it". If any human artist (who has seen many artists works in his or her life) would just create a Gruffalo image (or an image of a Disney princess) and sell it, this artist could be sued for copyright infringement.
And if they lose, does that mean I can make Mickey Mouse do terrible things like a … hmm.
Spin the Mouse South Park style sounds intersting. I could use AI then and get almost uncanny valley and it’d be okay, right?
Might want to include the estate of Maurice Sendak while you're at it.
