ooli@lemmy.world to ChatGPT@lemmy.world · 11 months agoThings are about to get a lot worse for Generative AIgarymarcus.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down122cross-posted to: singularity@zerobytes.monsterhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkThings are about to get a lot worse for Generative AIgarymarcus.substack.comooli@lemmy.world to ChatGPT@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square45fedilinkcross-posted to: singularity@zerobytes.monsterhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareinfinitepcg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoCopyright does protect fictional characters, however usually these characters are also registered trademarks, in which case it’s a very obvious violation to reproduce the likeness of a character.
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoIt’s not a trademark infringement to create a tool which has the potential to create trademarked characters.
minus-squareinfinitepcg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoI’m not a lawyer, but this doesn’t seem obvious to me.
Copyright does protect fictional characters, however usually these characters are also registered trademarks, in which case it’s a very obvious violation to reproduce the likeness of a character.
It’s not a trademark infringement to create a tool which has the potential to create trademarked characters.
I’m not a lawyer, but this doesn’t seem obvious to me.