[ThrustVectoring]

Even if the courts won't uphold the copyright, that doesn't prevent people from claiming your videos and initiating YouTube's copyright process against you. This is a recurring problem for people who upload their own original performances of public-domain compositions, particularly solo piano.

[anigbrowl]

Indeed. False copyright claims should be illegal, they're an invitation to fraud.

[tardedmeme]

What if you claim it first against them? You wouldn't be punished for a false claim, since they're not.

[ThrustVectoring]

uhh, no

Reasonable people can believe they have a legitimate ownership right when they petition YouTube for copyright enforcement for AI-generated work. The courts might eventually disagree, but that's a different thing than knowingly making a fraudulent misrepresentations to YouTube for financial benefit. This difference makes the proposed behavior criminal fraud. I highly recommend not risking twenty years of prison time for like maybe a couple hundred dollars in ad revenue.

[tardedmeme]

It's not knowing misrepresentation. You AI-generated the same video, so how were you to know it wasn't yours? Just don't show them this HN thread.

Besides, nobody's actually checking