/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6569813
>It's pretty fucking sad that most artists' aspirations can be reduced to living on royalties for the rest of their lives.
Yeah imagine artists aspiring for ownership of their creations and being free of the need to sing for their supper.
>That is to say, some artists are proletarian and others aren't.
I worked at a signage and decal shop as a wagie graphic designer for years, about as proletarian of an art job as you can get. I also worked a number of other shitty wagie jobs, including retail and janitor, while I practiced art on the side.
I used to have more lefty beliefs (still do when it comes to some economic things). But eventually I discovered most proles are aspirational. They want ownership and some bougie comforts, and there's nothing inherently wrong with that.
I see IP law the same way, it gives the prole a way out. It's especially important in art, as an artist needs time to develop, and being locked to a wagie/service based model limits that.
It's now even more important, as IP will be one of the artist's most powerful weapons against the AI onslaught. AI may automate certain roles, but the ideas are where the real power is, as along as there is a legal apparatus to protect them.

>>6542327
>The very concept of "copyright" in a modern and advanced human society is what is BULLSHIT.
Naw, fuck that. Dumb utopian kiddie bullshit. If AI made me realize anything, it's the great equalizer that is copyright. You can copyright IP just as easily as Disney, and if it gains traction you reap the rewards.
Ain't no fuckin' robot deserves to do that off of other art it 'learned' from.
The boomers were right on some shit.

>>6525666
But AI art can't be copyrighted, which means a major publisher would be unlikely to pick up your novel.
Which leads to the biggest roadblock to AI, it can't be used to create IP (at least on its own). Unless some major sea change happens in copyright law, no major studio will use AI to create original characters, etc.

It was over for AI before it even began.
AI can't be copyrighted. It can't be used to develop IP.
IP is what separates the big boys from the small fry.
AI is useless for the heavy hitters.
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>>6517501
>copyright shit doesn't matter
lmao! IP is where real money is for creative people. You think Matt Groening, the cartoonist who made The Walking Dead, or that guy who co-created Rick & Morty (ok bad example right now) care if AI "draws" better than them? Fuck no, they created multi-million dollar IP. Copyright is power.