{"text":"@elduvelle EDIT: As @LeslieBurns says below, this is INCORRECT. I\u2019m not a lawyer. But intuitively, as the SCOTUS implies, copyright protects the work of humans. When writing a prompt to generate art, a machine is performing the vast majority of the transformation from the billions of works it ingested, not the human. Granted, *how much* human work needs to happen for something to be \u201ctransformative\u201d (and thus grant the person a copyright) has been a subject of debate for decades, but generative AI is nowhere close to that threshold IMO.","truncated":false,"created_at":"Tue Mar 03 14:33:25 +0900 2026","in_reply_to_status_id":"12223420","uri":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/drahardja\/statuses\/116161744624437063","source":"ActivityPub","source_link":null,"id":12223421,"in_reply_to_user_id":83487,"in_reply_to_screen_name":"elduvelle","geo":null,"user":{"id":101928,"name":"Dave Rahardja","screen_name":"drahardja","location":null,"description":"100% artisanal, human-made bytes.Anti-DEI is white supremacy. Black lives matter. LGBT+ rights are human rights. Healthcare, security, a decent income, and housing with dignity are human rights. Abortion is healthcare. Science is our best hope. Kindness and empathy are the noblest of human traits.It can ALWAYS get worse.He\/him.#npfp","profile_image_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/101928-48-20260806083614.webp","profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/101928-48-20260806083614.webp","profile_image_url_profile_size":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/101928-96-20260806104636.webp","profile_image_url_original":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/101928-original-tmp20260806062909.webp","groups_count":0,"linkcolor":false,"backgroundcolor":false,"url":null,"protected":false,"followers_count":0,"friends_count":0,"created_at":"Mon Feb 27 06:46:54 +0900 2023","utc_offset":"0","time_zone":"UTC","statuses_count":671,"following":false,"statusnet_blocking":false,"notifications":false,"statusnet_profile_url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@drahardja","cover_photo":false,"background_image":false,"profile_link_color":false,"profile_background_color":false,"profile_banner_url":false,"is_local":false,"is_silenced":false,"rights":{"delete_user":false,"delete_others_notice":false,"silence":false,"sandbox":false},"is_sandboxed":false,"favourites_count":1},"statusnet_html":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/neuromatch.social\/@elduvelle\" class=\"u-url mention\">@elduvelle<\/a> <\/p><p>EDIT: As <a href=\"https:\/\/esq.social\/@LeslieBurns\" class=\"u-url mention\">@LeslieBurns<\/a> says below, this is INCORRECT. <\/p><p>I\u2019m not a lawyer. But intuitively, as the SCOTUS implies, copyright protects the work of humans. When writing a prompt to generate art, a machine is performing the vast majority of the transformation from the billions of works it ingested, not the human. Granted, *how much* human work needs to happen for something to be \u201ctransformative\u201d (and thus grant the person a copyright) has been a subject of debate for decades, but generative AI is nowhere close to that threshold IMO.<\/p>","statusnet_conversation_id":6201436,"statusnet_in_groups":false,"external_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12223421","in_reply_to_profileurl":"https:\/\/neuromatch.social\/@elduvelle","in_reply_to_ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/neuromatch.social\/users\/elduvelle","attentions":[{"id":83487,"screen_name":"elduvelle","fullname":"El Duvelle","profileurl":"https:\/\/neuromatch.social\/@elduvelle","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/neuromatch.social\/users\/elduvelle"},{"id":339615,"screen_name":"LeslieBurns","fullname":"Leslie Burns","profileurl":"https:\/\/esq.social\/@LeslieBurns","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/esq.social\/users\/LeslieBurns"}],"fave_num":0,"repeat_num":0,"is_post_verb":true,"is_local":false,"favorited":false,"repeated":false}