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AI-Created Art Isn’t Copyrightable, U.S. Judge Says in Ruling That Could Give Hollywood Studios Pause
(www.hollywoodreporter.com)
this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2023
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We already knew that. This is just upholding an obvious decision that was really already established long before AI was on the scene. If a human didn't create it, it can't be copyrightable.
The problem that the courts haven't really answered yet is: How much human input is needed to copyright something? 5%? 20%? 50%? 80%? If some AI wrote most of a script and a human writer cleaned it up, is that enough? There is a line, but the courts haven't drawn that yet.
Also, fuck copyrights. They only benefit the rich, anyway.
But where do you draw the line between "a human did it using a tool" and "it wasn't created by a human?"
Generative art exists, and can be copyrighted. Also a drawing made with Photoshop involves a lot of complex filters (some might even use AI!)
I agree on the "fuck copyright" part that said.