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May 24, 2024
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AI generated fill images and copyright concers

  • May 24, 2024
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I am working on a composite where I want to use head swaps and thought of using generative fill.  If I sold these finished composites, would I open myself to lawsuits if someone recognized their image.  I am presuming these downloads are from photographs of people in cyberspace, right?

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Stephen Marsh
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September 3, 2024
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I am presuming these downloads are from photographs of people in cyberspace, right?


By @Janeames


Adobe generative AI uses training data from Adobe Stock submissions which Adobe has rights to, they don't "scrape the interwebs."

c.pfaffenbichler
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May 25, 2024

 

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I am presuming these downloads are from photographs of people in cyberspace, right?

I think you might be misunderstanding the nature of generative AI. 

It does not »cut and paste« parts of existing images exactly. 

JaneamesAuthor
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May 25, 2024
Ok. If they r not other people's images ie could be my sister or thr person next door and are totally ai generated if this image gets used and gets notoriety is it wholly mine or does firefly or other entity have any legal or financial claim over part of it?



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Legend
September 3, 2024

I think it's a safe assumption that "significant human input" goes well beyond typing in a prompt...


And more importantly, the OP doesn't have the money to chase a copyright infringer in court. Most of us artists are shut out of the court system because of this, even when we have a legit complaint about our own actual artwork being stolen.

jane-e
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May 24, 2024
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If I sold these finished composites, would I open myself to lawsuits if someone recognized their image.

By @Janeames

 

Here's what Adobe says:

8. Commercial Use

In general, you may use outputs from generative AI features commercially. However, if Adobe designates in the product or elsewhere that a beta version of a generative AI feature cannot be used commercially, then the generated outputs from that beta feature are for personal use only and cannot be used commercially.

https://www.adobe.com/legal/licenses-terms/adobe-gen-ai-user-guidelines.html 

 

Jane

 

D Fosse
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May 24, 2024

If AI-generated, they are presumably not real people - but theoretically, I suppose they could accidentally be close to some real person.

 

I'd be more concerned with your own copyright if you use AI-generated material extensively. In short, there isn't one, if the AI material is a substantial part of the finished product. Not to mention the ethical aspect of profilting from something you didn't create yourself.

 

But this all depends on context. It's not black and white.