It’s hard to feel sympathetic for Disney when they have more money than god.
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Disney isn't fighting for the little guy. They will still agressively use it to cull their own workforce. They want to control who can use it and don't want to compete against an indie animation scene.
This is corporate AI against open source AI.
This is corporate AI against open source AI.
Show me where I can download Midjourneys full model to run it locally and then we can agree to call it "open weights". Unless their base model and training data is also available, it's not open source.
This could be the first sign of AI bubble bursting.
Link to the article without the paywall
New York Times Sues Fediverse Commenter for Copyright Infringement
You know the timeline is absolutely fucking fucked when you want Disney to win a copyright lawsuit. 😬
We actually don't. This won't kill AI, this will mean only conglomerates like Disney can own AI.
It's just ironic because Disney is directly responsible for why copyright is so fucked up now.
I don't see the irony. They perceive AI as a loop hole and need to squash it to keep their grip on things. If anybody can just prompt a movie in ten years, their business is dead. If a small group of indie animators can make a fully fledged movie, their business is dead.
They made it fucked up in their favor, this lawsuit is a continuation of that.
I'd say do it more... generate more star wars media until Disney gives it up as a golden goose to milk. Doesn't matter if it's ai or whatever fuck disney...
This is gonna be interesting. I really hope Disney wins. Then any artist can take this as a template to file their own lawsuits.
when disney wins there will be nothing left to sue, with the result that now the entertainment industry, which has the available training data, will also have the AI technology, and the only one who profits is disney - because in this situation all open source GenAI is fucked.

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