The fucked up thing about AI right now is that AI companies get to act like we’re in a post-copyright world, pirating from literally everyone, while the rest of us are still stuck in copyright hell.

That’s the double-standard that they always upheld. Two large companies play by the rules. One large company against a small artist? The company steals as long as they can get away with it.

Marathon vs. Antireal is a prime example. They steal her artwork and style, put it in the game, and get away with it. The only reason they settled and paid her was because:

1. They got caught
2. The evidence was obvious
3. The bad PR was affecting their sales

If any of those weren’t true, they would have gotten away with it, stolen it outright, and not paid her at all.

No AI involved in any of that. No need when corporations already held the power for centuries.

I don’t think it’s realistic that the rich will dismantle IP in the name of AI progress

I think they’ll accidentally do so, by creating so much from AI and a judge declares that it can’t be copyrighted because X% is AI generated, and existing precedent already required human input for copyrighted material.