this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2024
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The guy who used Midjourney to create an award-winning piece of AI art demands copyright protections.

Excuse me while I go grab my popcorn.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm collecting all his tears to cook a big pot of pasta. Not sure how anyone would make "millions of dollars" from a single artwork anyway.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

its probably fictionally calculated like sales are to piracy. just because someone pirated a game/software doesnt mean they would have bought said thing at asking price had the piracy option not existed.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds 3 points 1 month ago

This is the schadenfreude I needed to get through my day

[–] Valmond 3 points 1 month ago

Be an 1880 impressionnist, paint an artwork, die.

Now it's worth a million, possibly.