ooli@lemmy.world to ChatGPT@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThings are about to get a lot worse for Generative AIgarymarcus.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down122
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minus-squareinfinitepcg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoCopyright does protect fictional characters, however usually these characters are also registered trademarks, in which case it’s a very obvious violation to reproduce the likeness of a character.
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIt’s not a trademark infringement to create a tool which has the potential to create trademarked characters.
minus-squareinfinitepcg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’m not a lawyer, but this doesn’t seem obvious to me.
Copyright does protect fictional characters, however usually these characters are also registered trademarks, in which case it’s a very obvious violation to reproduce the likeness of a character.
It’s not a trademark infringement to create a tool which has the potential to create trademarked characters.
I’m not a lawyer, but this doesn’t seem obvious to me.