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December 2, 2023
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  • December 2, 2023
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Good afternoon. My Midjorney generated photos were stolen and my account was blocked after filing a copyright infringement complaint. I have all the screenshots proving that I generated these photos, and I also found an account with stolen photos. Support is slow to respond, please advise where I can turn to help unblock my account and block the scammer. I have not violated any copyrights, I have all the proof I need

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Correct answer RALPH_L

Unfortunately there is nothing you can do but wait.

After your claim of copyright infringement was started,  your account and the account you reported will be closed pending a review. If you have info and proof of ownership, you should contact Adobe using the "Contact Us" link. 

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Abambo
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AbamboCommunity Expert
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December 3, 2023

If your account has been suspended, there is nothing that this community of peers can do for you. You will need to contact Adobe contributor support via the link at “Contact us”. Adobe will answer via e-mail, so watch your spam folder. The answer may take some time, depending on the workload of contributor support and the complexity of the investigation. So be patient and do not spam the contributor support.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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December 2, 2023

Oh what a mess!

 

1. What type of Midjourney Plan do you have?

https://docs.midjourney.com/docs/plans

 

2. Did you remove Midjourney assets from public view?  It costs extra.  Only Pro Plan or Mega Plan subscribers have access to Stealth Mode to prevent their images from being visible to other users on the Midjourney website.   If you didn't go the extra distance to hide your AI prompts & images, you're toast.   I feel for you, I really do.  But this genie is out of the bottle and there's no way to put the genie back.

 

2. AI generated images are not protected by copyright because a human didn't create them, a machine did.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/ai-generated-art-cannot-receive-copyrights-us-court-says-2023-08-21/

 

This is one of the reasons I don't submit pure AI images to Stock.  I prefer to use AI in my own original artworks to which I have full ownership rights.   I don't own the AI portion, but I own the original artwork.  That gives me some protection & peace of mind. 

 

Best of luck. Keep us posted on what happens. 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    oleschwander
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    December 2, 2023

    If it ended up in court you would not be able to maintain the copyright. AI-generated images are based on 'stolen' photos.

    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    December 2, 2023
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    AI-generated images are based on 'stolen' photos.

    By @oleschwander

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    That's NOT TRUE! 

    AI is trained on actual images. yes.  But not necessarily stolen or photos.   

    AI Diffusions are based on millions & millions of impressions gathered from various sources.

     

    Machine generated artwork isn't protected by copyright in the United States. To be protected by copyright, it must be content that's created by a human.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    RALPH_L
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    RALPH_LCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    December 2, 2023

    Unfortunately there is nothing you can do but wait.

    After your claim of copyright infringement was started,  your account and the account you reported will be closed pending a review. If you have info and proof of ownership, you should contact Adobe using the "Contact Us" link. 

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