99.9% of the art on Pinterest wasn't uploaded by its creator. Most isn't even credited. I'm sure that's why it appeals to OpenAI.

I have never once published my art to Pinterest, yet I find pins of my work there constantly. They aggregate work from public sites and pin them without permission, so how does OpenAi acquiring them give them rights to those works? Hate it here.

I have never once published my art to Pinterest, yet I find pins of my work there constantly. They aggregate work from public sites and pin them without permission, so how does OpenAi acquiring them give them rights to those works?

First things first. Generally speaking, AI models not trained in walled gardens with copyright-free sources are stealing work. Nobody denies this. Using them to make the art for your game comes with an acceptance that you may well be taking someone else's work without crediting them, or paying them.

"... Which means that the companies, to avoid liability for copyright infringement, will generally need to pay copyright holders for the right to use their materials."

8/n

Most of the AI companies used far more than lawfully acquired copies of books so this could present a major issue going forward. We'll need to see how lawsuits involving scraped material off the internet play out to see how AI companies will fair under copyright law.

"Congress needs to assert itself, and if this is what it takes to wake the institution up to its prerogatives, then by all means let’s fight for the library."

From ... yes, the National Review