TomHackett Loc: Kingston, New York

Sorry, but it isn't the same with patents. If you had invented a solution that turns red when it contacts urushiol (the rash-causing chemical in poison ivy, oak and sumac), you could have patented it.

Suppose, then, that I invented a cloth that is impregnated with your solution. I could have patented the idea of impregnating the cloth with your solution and rubbing it on poison ivy. But if I created such a cloth, I would be infringing on your patent and would have to purchase your solution (or get your permission--usually by paying a royalty--to make it). Yes, anyone else who impregnated a cloth with your solution and did not get my permission (and yours) would be infringing on both patents.

No matter how significant the improvement I make on your patent, I cannot patent the result de novo. I can patent only my improvement.

With copyright, if I create an image by significantly modifying yours, I can copyright my image in its entirety. It is not so with patents. Also, by the way, copyrights persist for something like seventy-five years after the death of the creator. They are intended to protect the effort and skill of the creator. Patents persist for something like nineteen years after the patent application is filed. Patents are intended as an incentive to the inventor to publish their invention (patent applications, with all their detail, are public) by protecting the inventor's effort and skill of the inventor.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Like a book or paper being written using other sources. You must give credit to the materials being used to create the image.
PS putting copyright symbol and name on photo only makes it look cheap and crappy and can quickly be photoshopped out or parts used to create an AI image by someone else.

Chappy1101 Loc: Glenview, IL

Adding to the comments of others, not that simple. If you all have not read or followed it, here is recent Supreme Court ruling that decided against Andy Warhol on his rights to a changed photo of Prince by the original photographer. Copyright was upheld!
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/18/1176881182/supreme-court-sides-against-andy-warhol-foundation-in-copyright-infringement-cas

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Oh, what a tangled web we weave when we get involved with photographic copyrights. It's a bottomless pit.

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

If concerned about the change you made File it.

Joecosentino Loc: Whitesboro, New York

when you look at 90% of these generated images they really are next to useless. the middle waterfall in this project has a line where it looks like a photo was poorly composited into it. I have seen office chairs with extra legs where the wheels don't touch the floor, Drink glasses where the rim does not match up around the top of the glass. chairs with one armrest. this will all go the way of NFTs. 2 years ago we all needed to buy crypto, last year we all needed to make NFTs and this year its so-called AI. as far as the image submitted I wouldn't want to copyright it under my name. Just my 2 cents

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

AI image generation is bound to get better, and it isn't just going away. Of the ones I've seen here, there are a lot fewer than 90% that have those kind of problems.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

If you work hard to produce a photo, you should not be afraid to place your name upon it. However, if it is a junk photo I don’t want anyone laughing at my “inability”

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

I remember a case a short while ago. With everyone having cellphones, one person decided to create a New York City Subway Map for cellphones. The current maps are too small or the print is very blurry. He ended up with a messy battle of intellectual property. MTA claimed he had no authority to improve the existing map and increase the font size of the print. He lost in part because the attorney for the plaintiff proved that embellishing their work was a violation of copyright.

PS I can never find a decent subway map except in a rain car

anotherview Loc: California

The AI manufacturers employ users as unpaid Beta testers of their product.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

OMG!! What a perfect example of the complete loss of common sense in government. "We're from da guberment and we're here to help ya".

mikenolan Loc: Lincoln Nebraska

So does Microsoft, Apple, Oracle.....

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

With all the scuttlebutt and pontificating, I’m not sure if anyone actually went to the government website for copyrights, trademarks, etc.

When I was in school, there was no such thing as an Internet or Cell Phone. Now you can’t swing a dead squirrel within hitting them.

www.copyright.gov

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

These seem to be for, "Hey, look what I just did!" more than real art.

Strodav Loc: Houston, Tx

So, how is AI image generation or modification different from an artist taking inspiration from a photo and creating an interpretive painting from it?