[rybosworld]

"But where do you draw the line"

Well that's sort of the whole thing with copyright law. It's fairly arbitrary. Copyright specifically forbids derivative works: "A derivative work is a work based on or derived from one or more already exist- ing works."

It's vague on purpose because copyright infringements generally need to be handled on a case by case basis.

Now there are AI's trained on images that are copyrighted. If the image is copyrighted, should the AI have been allowed to train on it?

The reason human training/inspiration isn't specifically forbidden is because it can't be. We are impressioned by things whether we like it or not. Regardless, we can't prove where someone's inspiration came from.

But the act of training an AI on copyrighted images is deliberate. I feel that's a key difference.

[madeofpalk]

> The reason human training/inspiration isn't specifically forbidden is because it can't be. We are impressioned by things whether we like it or not. Regardless, we can't prove where someone's inspiration came from.

And there's plenty of cases that say if you're too inspired, that's illegal and/or you own damagaes/royalties.

https://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/case-study/blurred-lines-...