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1) Warhol’s soup cans were based on a product label that was not copyrighted, but trademarked (and possibly service marked)- IOW...
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Are you worried about ChatGPT’s feelings? I’m going to have to get used to the plagiarism slopbots destroying the environment and my...
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At the costs of the artists losing money. If you can't pay artists and you dont want to use free-art - you don't have the resources to...
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Copyright attorney with an MBA as well as being a lifelong visual artist & musician here. The definition of “theft” has A BUNCH of...
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You can do what you want, use AI if you want. I am free to think less of you for doing so. Foundry and the like are free to ban AI...
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I’ve worked with lots of artists over the past 25 years. 95% have been great to work with. Reading these posts, and it seems to me it’s...
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Clearly. Start by looking up why copyright and trademark laws exist. Here’s the definition While I am not a lawyer, I have read from...
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Yep. Those exist. But what percentage of people in your target demographic are those? You say that like you know you don't need their...
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Point of fact, it's not your work. That's like, literally the entire point of this conversation. And whether you intended to or not...
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If you release products with AI art, hundreds of thousands of people will refuse to buy it on those grounds. Some subset of those will...
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Yeah, I do, and I don't think you're reading the same thing everyone else is. No one said you have to use stock art if you don't want...
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Also: Paint Minis and make terrain, take photos of them. I have seen this a few times. I assume that's legal. Might want to check. Buy...
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Then you either learn some way to make your own art; hire someone (on fiverr or elsewhere); have no art; or accept that you are using AI...
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First post so I'm sure you're on the level but here are some options you missed: No art Art drawn by you Art drawn by a friend or...
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If you want something you like more than stock art, hire an artist to create it. You can even give them feedback to iterate on the art...
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