Japan's Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) says use of anime & manga in AI training "undermines creators’ rights"

[Archaic]

It's a pity that we haven't seen stronger efforts from industry groups like this against the use of content in AI training, given how much of that happens without any sort of permission being granted, any ability for creators (large or small) to opt-out, or any sort of compensation to said creators for the use of their IP.

I would honestly love it if a bunch of general purpose AI models were suddenly ruled illegal on the basis of their training data, and these companies were forced to start from scratch using only ethically obtained material (i.e. no more general scrapes of the internet).

Use of Japanese anime and manga for AI training is a "serious issue that undermines creators' rights," CODA warns tech companies - AUTOMATON WEST

CODA issues a new statement addressing recent copyright-related issues concerning AI models trained on Japanese content.

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The Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), a major trade and anti-piracy organization in Japan that protects IPs from international copyright infringement and illegal distribution, issued a statement on May 27, addressing the issue of AI copyright infringement.

As reported by ITMedia, CODA stated that it “has identified significant problems concerning the current-day AI services that should not be ignored,” calling on AI developers and service providers to take measures to protect IP rights.
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“The unauthorized use of existing copyrighted works to generate footage that closely resembles them is a serious issue that undermines the rights of creators and the very foundation of creativity,” CODA writes.

 

[theclaw]

Sigh. The mess regulators face. With the sheer deluge of AI output, and how amalgamated it is, telling what originated where is a long shot indeed.

I may be less accusatory toward individual users of AI than some, but that's only because I can't gauge the ethics (or unethics) of the algorithm that particular user employed.

 

[Blast]

Love anime, hate AI. Simple as.