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AI-Startup Launches Ever-Expanding Library of Free Stock Photos and
Music
Author : nen-nomad
Score : 40 points
Date : 2024-04-13 16:42 UTC (6 hours ago)
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| naiv wrote:
| I wonder if these images might still get you in trouble if they
| show copyrighted work like the Eiffeltower at night, the opera
| house in Sydney or Atomium in Brussels
| UberFly wrote:
| Yea. The first front page image I see is Batman. More "AI
| democratizing art" , but really just more IP stealing.
| anonymous344 wrote:
| awesome project, might not last long if server costs arise.
|
| but where are the images from ? scraped or self generated? how
| can i make sure that they are not copyrighted?
| binarymax wrote:
| Completely obvious they are generated. Just zoom in on anything
| that has text and it's easy to notice.
| jazzyjackson wrote:
| machine generated works cannot be copyrighted, but its a legal
| gray area as to whether creating the images violates copyright
| (in my opinion it is not fair use, as it displaces the market
| value of the work it is a derivative of)
| nadermx wrote:
| But the use of each work is very minuscule in sum and is
| generally, if not always, an original new work. How is a Mona
| Lisa in the style of Van Gho a violation of the copyright of
| Mona Lisa or Van Gho? It is a new and unique work. Makes it a
| legitimate use. In fact, in certain cases the entire work can
| be used and is considered fair use.
| sebastiennight wrote:
| Americans do pronounce his name "Venn Gho", but it is
| spelled Van Gogh!
|
| Interestingly enough, there are many pronunciations of Van
| Gogh's name [1] (we French people say "Gog" rhyming with
| "dog"), but the rarest one is probably the one from his own
| native Brabant dialect.
|
| [1]:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh#cite_note-5
| nadermx wrote:
| I was more so talking about Van Gho the music artist[0],
| mixed with a bit of Mona Lisa the band[1]. But to each
| their own
|
| [0] https://www.facebook.com/VanGhoMusic/ [1]
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa_(band)
| jazzyjackson wrote:
| I agree that images produced are not derivatives of any
| particular copyrighted work, instead they are derivative of
| all copyrighted work. I don't think OpenAI et al should get
| a free pass for finding a way to rip everyone off at once,
| but it's certainly a new frontier in law, hence the gray
| area.
| dvh wrote:
| I typed "Fly Fisher releasing chub" and it found nothing. I don't
| get it.
| gmuslera wrote:
| The images are generated, but the training set may be argued or
| not that they had some rights attached, even it they were the
| ones that the social network where they were posted and scrapped
| from had.
|
| There are is money to be made in a way or another, same with
| music, wouldn't be surprised if this kind of projects get hit
| directly or indirectly because of this.
| andy99 wrote:
| Yeah it's going to be a lightning rod for copyright trolls if
| it gets popular. Ultimately that's a good thing. There's
| precedents that need to be worked out, and if they go the wrong
| way, consequences that will need to be lived with that
| hopefully restore common sense. It's not that different from
| the Napster days other than an infinitely weaker case for the
| copyright trolls.
| abraae wrote:
| I'm working on a golf startup atm, so this is relevant.
|
| These are certainly generated, as virtually every golf club has
| an insane and unworkable head, just like Midjourney. AI doesn't
| seem to focus on that level of detail. Take this one for example
| which would launch the ball somewhere into the sun:
| https://stockcake.com/i/golf-swing-action_656275_515716
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| Others look something like a soup plate attached to a stick, and
| it is common to see right handed players using left handed clubs.
| jazzyjackson wrote:
| that's quite an uncomfortable pose, makes me feel similar to
| stock photos of someone holding a soldering iron like it's a
| pencil
| genter wrote:
| Umm, isn't that how you're supposed to hold it? At least
| that's how I do.
| jazzyjackson wrote:
| I don't know how to hold a golf club but if you mean the
| soldering iron, I don't hold a pencil from 6 inches off the
| paper. Google "soldering iron stock photo" to see the
| alternative. As a friend of mine says, "if you smell cooked
| chicken, you're holding it wrong."
| jsheard wrote:
| I'm no golf expert but I don't think this is how you do it
|
| https://stockcake.com/i/golfers-perfect-swing_656278_515716
|
| They have some very specific niches covered though, such as
| "soldier petting a dog with both right hands"
|
| https://stockcake.com/i/soldier-embracing-dog_655559_294061
|
| And "cat space adventure, wait, oh god we accidentally
| overfitted the model on dogecoin memes"
|
| https://stockcake.com/i/cosmic-cat-adventure_353671_432927
| csa wrote:
| You haven't seen me play.
| tveita wrote:
| It mushes all the concepts together into very recognizable AI
| soup.
|
| Let's see how it does with Native American
|
| https://stockcake.com/i/historical-handshake-moment_626739_3...
|
| https://stockcake.com/i/historical-handshake-moment_626741_3...
|
| These could cause some upset... If you have to do this maybe at
| least avoid publishing anything tagged "History"?
|
| https://stockcake.com/i/reindeer-caravan-march_309941_464989
|
| Northern natives all have horns, right?
| dulvui wrote:
| I checked out some pictures and some human hands have only 4
| fingers. Did they use the Simpons as training set?
| abound wrote:
| I quickly perused StockCake's website to see where their training
| data/models came from, but couldn't find anything.
|
| Depending on the licenses of the content it was trained on, this
| could be an elaborate way of "laundering" commercial stock photos
| and other content.
|
| Of course, the legality of such things is being very actively
| litigated, will be interesting to see where it lands.
| anonymous344 wrote:
| Must add that even if this is is not 100% quality, it is a HUUUGE
| threat to paid stock photos... I mean for 0 dollars why wouldn't
| you lower your bar little bit... or with some photos you get much
| better results with ai.
|
| I'll bet Adobe or similiar will buy this 0,5 mil and just delete
| sebastiennight wrote:
| Wish they offered an API, this way they could commoditize two
| industries (stock photo and AI image-gen) in one fell swoop!
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