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I would like to use the image I created for a book cover and sell it, would that be okay? Or would that be illegal?

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[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 44 points 5 months ago

Dangerous question to ask on Lemmy with a strong anti-AI "in any form" presence

Yea it would be ok, no it won't be illegal, though it might not be copyrightable

Is your audience the average joe? They probably won't even notice tbh

[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 38 points 5 months ago

Yes, but it will make your book look trashy.

[-] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 5 months ago

i once wanted to read a book, and upon closer inspection saw it was ai generated cover. I put it down, and left. it just doesnt feel real i guess. so even if legal, i wouldnt recommend it. just snap some picture remotely related and put some Text and color filters over it.

[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 14 points 5 months ago

I agree. I avoid any AI gen smell. It has the hallmarks of being subpar. Any images, however esoteric, would be much better.

[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Wow, so you literally never learned to not judge a book by its cover? That is some admirable honestly, a really brave confession.

[-] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

I also take idioms literally, I read the entire book right there before deciding whether to buy it. Obviously you can't trust how they chose to present the book so you need to read it to know if it's worth reading.

[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I mean, judging by a title, a synopsis, or a review would all be a better method than the cover art.

[-] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago

well, a books cover can tell you a LOT, Like the time it was written in, which is one of the core factors when i choose a book. Also regarding people, I used to be tolerant and excpect nothing, but it got me nowhere so now I openly do my silent judging, and I'm mostly right with my first impressions.

[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

They say with wine there's an opposite correlation, the worse the label, the better the wine. I'm not sure I agree with either. Anyway, no worries, I was just teasing a bit.

[-] Comrade_Spood@slrpnk.net 27 points 5 months ago

Not illegal, just unethical. You effectively stole people's art and are profitting off of it. Considering AI is being used to take jobs from artists and writers by stealing their work, you are a scab

[-] Carnelian@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

And my friend, as an artist selling your work, you could also think about this as an opportunity to connect with another artist and work together. Commission a work for your cover from a small artist, credit them prominently. They will share it with their community, you will share it with yours. Lift others up and be uplifted in turn

[-] blattrules@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

How is it unethical for a machine to source many images and combine it into one different image, but when DJs and music producers sample multiple different songs and combine them into something different, it’s not? For the record, I’m against both, but just wondering why there’s so much blowback to this, but not when it happens with music.

[-] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 months ago

Musicians pay royalties when they use samples. AI companies don't pay artists for their work.

[-] Comrade_Spood@slrpnk.net 11 points 5 months ago

As someone else said, they pay royalties. Secondly, because they are not costing musicians their jobs. DJs aren't stealing artists jobs, music labels aren't dropping musicians for DJs, and DJs are at least putting some level of effort to create something (which I will admit is debatable and the weakest argument).

[-] PedroMaldonado@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

Ai art makes a book look like a machine wrote it, unfortunately. Getting art from a living person kinda ups the sincerity, I think.

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

You could, but I wouldn't buy it. I want art that someone sweated, swore and agonised over.

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago

I demand that my books are written by hand, with a quill pen, by candlelight. I need to know that some effort went into the creative process.

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

And the author should be syphilitic and working in a drafty garret, at the very least.

[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

You could, but I wouldn't buy it.

If you noticed...

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Why not pay a local artist to make you a cover?

Skip the whole moral/legal hurdle and help support someone being affected by AIs takeover. I'm sure you can come to a reasonable agreement.

Or put together one yourself. A photo and some filters; or a stylized painting tool.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 months ago

Its legal but unethical. If you do this you are profiting off of unpaid labor.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 5 months ago

Stolen labor from a plagiarism machine, but even in terms of pure self interest I'd assume an AI cover means AI content.

[-] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

It may vary depending on your jurisdiction. Under US copyright law, I believe that generated images are not copyrightable, so you wouldn't have any protections from anyone copying your cover, but I doubt that's a big concern. The model or service that you use may also have various terms in their license that restrict what you are allowed to do with the generated images. Finally, you also need to make sure that your image isn't violating someone else's copyright. If you generate an image that is too similar to an existing image, that could be problematic.

[-] Aurorabalias@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Okay, yes, I don’t care if someone uses the image afterwards, and I’m not trying to copy someone else’s work either…so the big if for me is…

“is terms in their license that restrict what you are allowed to do with the generated images.”

[-] brossman@infosec.pub 18 points 5 months ago

I’m not trying to copy someone else’s work either

ah i have bad news for you on how all current ai generation systems work

[-] Aurorabalias@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Fair enough!

[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I don’t think it would be illegal as long as a similar human-created work would be legal (i.e., it doesn’t use trademarked characters or otherwise infringe on other works). But your publisher and/or readers might object.

[-] Aurorabalias@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I’m using perchance.org

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