Comment by fao_

> Then the DMCA would be wrong

It's encoded in law. I wasn't talking about "what should be", I was talking about "what is".

> it is pretty much not possible to pay the "original artist" because you cannot identify them

there are numerous cases where an AI has spat out "literally just the original image, but badly". It really sucks that AI companies might literally have to- checks notes -"pay the people they're stealing from", though. Oh, my heart weeps for those billionaires that might have to shed a penny from their fortune to help those they sleep upon.