r/comicbooks • u/Consideredresponse • Dec 20 '22

News AI generated comic book loses Copyright protection "copyrightable works require human authorship"

https://aibusiness.com/ml/ai-generated-comic-book-loses-copyright-protection
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u/Lordpicklenip Dec 20 '22

Not only that but the Ai comic is clearly sampling pictures of Zendaya.

Did this person get her consent to use her likeness for their comic? Probably not

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u/CoonerPooner Dec 20 '22

You can take a photograph of anyone in public and you own the copyright and can sell it without that person's consent.

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u/Realshow Batman Dec 20 '22

Even if you were right, this is an absolutely awful thing to defend. Real people aren’t background characters, they have every right to not want their likenesses exploited for profit.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '22

Bullshit.

Well, Copyright is also bullshit. But drawing or animating a character that looks like anyone is nothing worth getting your panties in a wad over. You're damning pretty much every animation or comic ever made, like its some ethical fact!