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US rejects AI copyright for famous state fair-winning Midjourney art
(arstechnica.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Everything in this world is owned by someone, either privately or by the government. (Well, astrophotography is an exception, but I did say 'in this world') You CANNOT take a photo without pointing it at something that is owned by someone. Is photography theft then?
Owning something and owning the copyright to something isn't the same. You cant just make insane claims about something and expect me to engage with it. You are fully capable of taking photos that you own with the current copyright framework or photographers wouldnt be a profession and nothing would have pictures of anything.
And, as you said, you are fully capable of taking images that you own with the current copyright framework and creating legal AI images. If you don't see the parallel between the two concepts and instead revert to insults and name calling, well, then I think I'll just invoke "don't feed trolls" and move on.
What insults and name calling? Shit, If I had known that you were this fragile I wouldn't have bothered to respond properly and just called you retarded.
Let's break down some of the confusion you're experiencing.
If you want to learn more you can google "photography usage rights" or "photography license agreement" and deep dive the untold number of blog posts about it. You can check out this blog post for a crash course if you need good starting point.
If books are more your fancy there's Nancy Wolff's The Professional Photographer's Legal Handbook and the American Society of Media Photographer's Professional Business Practices in Photography; both are pretty old but a very easy to understand. John Harrington's Best Business Practices for Photographers also goes into detail and is more recent, but very broad in what it covers. Technically, there's the demo for fotobiz X which will let you make a sample contract from their templates.
I'm sure you'll find more resources but these books were my go-tos when I was working as a photographer. If you feel like socializing you check out your local APA (American Photographic Artists) or ASMP (American Society of Photographic Artists) chapters. Not sure if membership is still a requirement for attending events but it doesn't hurt to ask.