AI used photographer’s photos for training, then slapped him with an invoice

Re:AI used photographer’s photos for training, then slapped ... by prepend on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @11:14AM (#35714986)

I can’t make copies or distribute or sell publicly available copyrighted works. But I can definite look at them and study them and make notes and sketch them, etc.

That’s definitely how copyright works.

I don’t think training on these has been tested, but I expect it will be allowed, otherwise how can a web browser receive, cache, and render a copyrighted photo? I think the closest is there were some lawsuits about google caching websites that contain copyrighted material. I assume they worked out in Google’s favor as google (and others) cache web sites even though they contain copyrighted material. The exception I remember is there are some specific rulings and laws governing how news is treated.

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Re:AI used photographer’s photos for training, then slapped ... by viraptor on Thursday April 27, 2023 @07:15AM (#35726336)

That's not the point I was disagreeing with. What you're actually allowed to do in terms of training is likely going to be soon refined by courts. I was just raising the point that posting those images online or not, with protection or without, doesn't change what you can legally do with them.

"If the image is available publicly, without restriction" — is irrelevant.

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