They can't easily cease&desist the big AI companies because of the fair use clause, but if they have a license with one of them, then fair use goes out the window for all the others. They sent a c&d the day this deal was signed against Google for copyright infringement

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 23 points 3 months ago (3 children)

How does having a license with someone invalidate everyone else's fair-use rights?

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

IANAL. Pure hypothetical guess is that it might constitute a higher degree of ownership of the rights for the ability to transform said characters. Idk though, copyright law is some spooky shit. IBM literally had my dad put his name on an attempt to patent the concept of having something move in an oval to reduce stress. It stood until it was challenged in court and he knew it was bullshit but they paid him so he did it anyway betting on it failing. But like imagine trying to patent physics concepts.

[–] fox@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fuck if I know but it apparently strengthens their case

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

Then where did you read this? What were the cases that got filed?

[–] fort_burp@feddit.nl 2 points 3 months ago

Ok I thought this was a philosophical question at first, I see now that it is not, but I want to respond as if it were by suggesting the book Against Intellectual Monopoly which, ironically or not, costs $36.99 in digital form (Anna has it).

[–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 3 months ago

this is hilarious if true

[–] Facky@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago

Well played Michael Mouse, well played.