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Copyfight with Y’all, Comrades!
Let’s Beat the Fear of Copying "RIGHTS.”
The other day, I stumbled upon an interesting story on Medium Digest, which I found captivating not only because of the topic but also for the eye-catching visual illustration that accompanied it. The colorful and artistic quality of the picture was masterfully blended into a canvas-like painting, which added to the charm of the story. I was intrigued enough to read through the 7-minute piece and even thought of leaving an appreciative comment.
However, as I was about to clap for the story, I noticed something that made me pause. The author had attributed the picture to an AI tool he used to create it. The caption read, “Photo Created with ABCreality.ai,” where “ABC” stood for one of the popular AI art creative software that have taken the online world by storm during the past months.
This got me thinking: Is it really necessary for a writer who uses an AI platform to make a picture to attribute it to the tool? And if so, why? As creators, we are used to attributing an asset that does not belong to us to its original creator or copyright holder, which is a best practice to avoid any conflict of interest or intellectual property rights infringement. But what happens if the creator is an AI bot? Should the user detail even the prompts he included to get the result he got…
