[williamcotton]

Exactly. The model only produces copyright protected material when the operator of the model directs the sampler towards the part of the latent space that contains that material.

The user is liable. The user is also liable for using a photocopier to create and sell copies of someone else’s work. Anyone can photocopy anything they want and plaster their own walls with that work. In all cases the manufacturer of the photocopier is not liable…

Now, if these tools consistently plagued users with being liable for copyright violations then these tools become more trouble than they are worth.