On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train Midjourney

Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by downWidOutaFite on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @02:23PM (#39017729)

You got that via the legal "first sale doctrine" which has been killed for digital works.

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Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by soulofmischief on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @09:43PM (#39022575)

It's a tough issue to correlate to physical goods, especially when you realize that people sometimes donate books.

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Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by MacsHeadroom on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @10:28PM (#39022888)

"In 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) held in UsedSoft GmbH v. Oracle International Corp that the first sale doctrine applies to used copies of [intangible goods] downloaded over the Internet and sold in the European Union." [0]

Arguably the U.S. courts are in the wrong here. We can only hope first sale doctrine is extended to digital goods in the U.S. in the future, as it has been in the EU for over a decade.

[0] https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewconten...

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