Re:Is A.I. The Death of I.P.?
by johnnyanmac on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @09:21PM
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I apologize for unknowingly dogpiling on you (there were maybe 3 replies when I made mine). I genuinely wanted to understand your POV on what man made concepts were "real" vs. "fake". I think dividing it into "settled" vs "unsettled" makes a lot more sense. We can argue which concepts are really "settled", but given IP concepts as recent as DMCA it's safe to call software IP unsettled.
>Personally, I'm quite cynical: I think the existing social power structure will win and absorb AI into its IP regime
Yes, that's my fear as well. Which is why I hope these LLVMs get reigned in before it gets out of hand, as it did with DMCA (very rarely used to make sure proper parties are compensated and used just as often to make digital creators kowtow to the whims of the elite).
In your words, I don't see a future where AI wins these cases and the little guy gets to make images of Spiderman without Sony/Marvel/whoever squashing them down. All while probably using that artist's own prompts and existing art to make Spiderman 57.
>Personally, I'm quite cynical: I think the existing social power structure will win and absorb AI into its IP regime
Yes, that's my fear as well. Which is why I hope these LLVMs get reigned in before it gets out of hand, as it did with DMCA (very rarely used to make sure proper parties are compensated and used just as often to make digital creators kowtow to the whims of the elite).
In your words, I don't see a future where AI wins these cases and the little guy gets to make images of Spiderman without Sony/Marvel/whoever squashing them down. All while probably using that artist's own prompts and existing art to make Spiderman 57.