• daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 months ago

      So?

      For many small project is AI/copied images or no images at all.

      When you do not have money you are not hiring a 2000€/month artist to do imagery for your website. You go online to copy something or nowadays you can use AI to wrap it up. It’s a tool at people’s disposition like any other.

      And before anyone comes talking about copyright laws… shall I present them my 10 TB hard drive of pirated media? Human culture is to be shared, not gatekeeped.

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        For one, AI datasets often break copyright law, frequently appropriating from artists. Executives are also trying to use it to eliminate the jobs of artists, and I feel it’s wrong to try and obsolete something people love doing.

        In addition, they take a lot of power, not helping in the way of the needed changes to follow climate goals.

        Clarification: Copyright laws can be annoying, and I don’t always agree with them. However, it also protects smaller artists. I think there are many cases where piracy is totally fine, though, like if a company vaults an animated streaming show and gets rid of all other ways to watch it.

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          Interesting. I am an artist, but I find it helps me make better art. Faster too.

          But all my work is copyleft and I give zero shits about so-called “copyright infringement”