Yesterday, Disney and Universal Studios (which is owned by NBCUniversal) sued the generative AI company Midjourney in U.S. district court in Los Angeles. The 143-page filing alleges that the AI image generator was trained on countless works created by these Hollywood studios, and now “functions a…

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  • Excrubulent@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    3 days ago

    The argument could be made that because the image generator is essentially a regurgitator with no artistic interpretation, there is no transformative artistic value in it. It’s like applying a filter with extra steps.

    Also the generators charge for access, so they are profiting off of the IP. That’s quite different to making something for personal use or releasing it for free.