Russian court denies copyright protection for AI-prompted images
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Good. The US made the same decision a little while ago. I’m waiting to see how the courts decide on AI generated code. That’ll be funny when all these companies realize they don’t own their code base anymore.
On one side that sounds reasonable, on the other side, Russian rule of law only partially exists, as long as it is not in the way of the regime. So yeah, whatever.
Russian law exists as long as the room you're in doesn't have a window high enough to accidentally fall out of & die.
Also, according to Russian court decision, Google's debt to Russia is $20 decillion.
Most monetarily accurate fine to ever be levied against Google
I can already hear jingoist Dario Amodei shrieking about how we must oppose the Russian devils' laws by allowing copyright on this side of the Atlantic.
I say we allow it to happen, split the profits amongst the people (starting with the poorest) and then dismantle the entire thing and build it from the ground up with the correct morals & ambitions in mind whilst creating it.