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by TheOtherHobbes 935 days ago
More than that, AI-generated work is clearly derivative for the simple obvious reason that none of it would exist without the original sources.
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I mean, by that logic every fantasy story ever is a derivative work. Should everyone be paying JRR Tolkein's estate royalties the moment they include elves in a story?
That's... not the legal definition of a derivative work.