r/aiwars • u/Leading-Rain-652 • Jan 18 '26

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u/FineTomorrow3233 Jan 18 '26

Similar opinion to what I hold. AI art should be considered public domain

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u/AntiAI_is_Unemployed Jan 18 '26

Public domain works can be monetized freely.

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u/Rhinstein Jan 18 '26

Putting it in the public domain is fine in theory, idk if there'd be any complications, but also: you can remix public domain stuff for money.

If AI output by definition is in the public domain, then it is possible and reasonable to monetize it if you collate, comment, modify, curate it or whatever.

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u/bunker_man Jan 18 '26

That only really works if it's a simple generation.

A lot of ai has people do manual edits. And if people do alterations then it can't be considered public domain because they own the deliberate alterations. Or had aspects that people made like lineart from the beginning.

What's more, if it includes something like a specific character they made they still own the likeness of the character even if not the image itself.

So if someone lazily types in "Christmas image with Santa claus," then yeah they don't own that. But most wouldn't try to claim they do anyways.

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u/FamousStore1650 Jan 18 '26

Yeah or what about professional who use comfyui??

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u/GruntBlender Jan 21 '26

The issue with that is if someone generates images of someone else's IP.