[stonith]

> So let's say, if an artist developed a particular style and someone wants to hire them for a business project like a game they can't feasibly just learn that style and use it so they hire the artist. Later other people catch on this style and develop over it. It only works because monetising through copying the style is not very feasible.

I don't think copying an art style is that hard. Professional artists in your example of the game industry can absolutely imitate each other upon request. If using the same style as another artist were so difficult games with multiple artists wouldn't have a coherent art style, but they do because the studio will develop a style guide and use their senior artists to guide the juniors.

> How is the artist supposed to be compensated for spending years of developing that style?

They haven't been in the past and they shouldn't be. They're compensated for the specific works they produce which are granted copyright. This is a good thing because otherwise the artistic domain would be horrendously polluted with claims, and producing original art would be like navigating a legal minefield.

[mrtksn]

> hey haven't been in the past and they shouldn't be

So what's your suggestion, free food and housing for the artistic types or mercy killings?

[codetrotter]

> free food and housing for the artistic types

Food and housing should be a human right, and it is only because of greed and fear that society allows someone to become homeless.

Not only should we provide housing and food for the artists. We should do it for everyone. And then they can spend time doing what they want, and earn more money that way but never have to worry about housing or basic food for survival.

[couchand]

And medical care! Nobody should have to worry about food, housing, or medical care.

Our greatest failing as a society is viewing those three things as individual problems. It was not an accident, it is a very profitable social failure.

[mrtksn]

I guess you first should do your revolution, establish your new order where food and housing is a given right and later go after the work of the artist.

[codetrotter]

> do your revolution, establish your new order [...] and later go after the work of the artist

I don't think that's what's going to happen.

But if things get as bad as you guys are saying, maybe after enough people lose their jobs to AI society will change somehow to take care of the less fortunate among us in better ways, providing housing, food and healthcare to the people.

[cataphract]

If you want to reason under the current legal framework that makes the works they create "their" work for economic purposes... then you also need to accept that under that same framework they are not deemed to be the authors.

[stonith]

Nothing. Continue as we currently are where artistic style is not protected, but output is. Artists get work making art as they always have, but they're competing against AI that can pump out shit quality work very quickly. If you can't do better than that as an artist then you should find another line of work.

[yosame]

Or they can do a different job?

[mrtksn]

Sure, right after being compensated for the work they already did and value they created.