I don't remember the date, it was earlier this year. I saw somewhere, might have been on Discord, that they were paying people to use their work for Firefly training or something, but that we could opt out. I went to my account that day and found the opt-out box and checked it.
I get it, that it's only for training etc but as you can see by this thread alone, hardly anyone really understands all the ramifications of any of this. In my experience, a shocking number of people out there have zero concept of intellectual property ("I found it on Google so it's free!"). I have seen so many people on LinkedIn and elsewhere proudly showing the "paintings" or the "digital art" they have mashed together in Midjourney or others, all consisting of art they did not draw themselves, and selling it on their websites and calling themselves "Digital Artists." It makes me want to run all around the house slamming doors.
I've seen people on LinkedIn whose title is "AI Conjurer" or "AI Wizard" etc. making posts about their magnificent gift for typing prompts, offering to teach it and coach you in it, as if typing prompts confers some kind of ownership of the IP. There are You Tubers giving tutorials on prompts and proudly showing their results, which are painted images, some of them really good, but of animals or people that someone else painted or drew. They're actually trying to attach talent to the act of typing prompts. Nitwits. And the speed with which this has all sprung up!
I read somewhere that a judge has declared images made with AI to be un-copyrightable.
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