Bruh. (Gaming)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Sunday, March 29, 2026, 11:24 (3 hours, 17 minutes ago) @ Vortech

I hate that I feel like I am opening the door I don;t have time to explain what's inside. But I am an expert in copyright law, and

but in many cases the data used by these AI are in the public domain

Needs to be understood in the context of Public Domain being VERY hard to determine even within one set of laws like America, let alone internationally. Available to access by everyone, is not the same thing as being in the Public Domain.

This is true. I think that in my original comments, when read in full, I acknowledge that this is a difficult area. There are many unsettled questions, and you are the copyright lawyer. The courts will continue to work it out, and I think (and hope) that more obvious copyright abuses will be curtailed over time.

or are proprietary to the institutions using them. I’m not an expert, but companies are increasingly relying on synthetic, proprietary, or purpose-built datasets to train AI.

I'm aware of many products that use proprietary data for context training, but none that use only it (and PD work) for a foundation model.

In specialized domains more and more it’s a mix of public, proprietary, and synthesized data.

The debate about fair use will continue and should. I think having a purity test regarding sources is an unworkable approach. I think the more practical approach is asking the question: how do we keep this technology from violating on others’ rights without limiting its ability to help us solve problems. I’m not wholly optimistic or pessimistic, but I’m more worried about privacy in relation to AI than I am about whether the Grace character looks like Grace in a demo.