The grey area I think here is that, even if the images aren't stored, the data of the image is processed by a program in a way that the original artist may not have intended when they decided to share it with the internet.
Different artists have differing boundaries on how they wish their art to be utilized. And regardless of "how" the program is utilizing their work, whether just referencing rather than copying, the artist is going to feel they should have some say in it regardless.
Going to be interesting if we start seeing an art program show up that can interlace a sort of DRM into the metadata to cause it to be misinterpreted by algorithms scrapping meta data in the future.
I saw it as maybe a door opener for large art software developers to incorporate creator protections into their software. You know, something a small artist may be happy to pay a subscription for. But instead they seem to be moving the opposite way. Clearly there is a vocal demand, it's a waste if no one at least attempts to oblige.
Always good to know how things function.
The grey area I think here is that, even if the images aren't stored, the data of the image is processed by a program in a way that the original artist may not have intended when they decided to share it with the internet.
Different artists have differing boundaries on how they wish their art to be utilized. And regardless of "how" the program is utilizing their work, whether just referencing rather than copying, the artist is going to feel they should have some say in it regardless.
Going to be interesting if we start seeing an art program show up that can interlace a sort of DRM into the metadata to cause it to be misinterpreted by algorithms scrapping meta data in the future.
I saw it as maybe a door opener for large art software developers to incorporate creator protections into their software. You know, something a small artist may be happy to pay a subscription for. But instead they seem to be moving the opposite way. Clearly there is a vocal demand, it's a waste if no one at least attempts to oblige.