1.) How does this work from a technological standpoint? There have only been 27 Pixar feature films.<p>2.) Why Disney-Pixar in particular? Why not Dreamworks, Illuminatiom entertainmemt...<p>3.) Is this just an attempt to ruin the reputation of the Pixar brand? Genuine question because I don't get how they could have allowed something like this https://i0.wp.com/www.piratesandprincesses.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/caust.png?fit=800%2C519&ssl=1 or that one https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2F9j5vugqof6tb1.jpg%3Fwidth%3D1280%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3Da5ff469ccc942d9ad6e846d0cb6484508cd5e9bc slide.<p>4.) Is there even any interpretation that would allow this to be seen as anything different than industrial style IP infringement?
Note: I am not an expert :)<p>> How does this work from a technological standpoint? There have only been 27 Pixar feature films.<p>From the start, imaging AI's capability has been largely around style transfer. You can take an artist or define a lump group of inspiration, dump it in as a prompt and get a fairly high chance of a good-looking image.<p>> Why Disney-Pixar in particular? Why not Dreamworks, Illuminatiom entertainmemt...<p>You tell me. Visually I don't mind Illumination or Dreamworks, but technically they keep their light under a bushel. I <i>do</i> have a bit of background in rendering and 3D CG, and while I loathe Disney/Pixar they generally do a good job presenting technically-impressive frames with well-choreographed shots.<p>> Is this just an attempt to ruin the reputation of the Pixar brand?<p>No? Pixar exists, as a company. Same goes for Disney. They've had their content mocked, copied and even used as hate speech for decades now. A lot of people just reach for it because it's recognizable branding.<p>> Is there even any interpretation that would allow this to be seen as anything different than industrial style IP infringement?<p>Given that it's noncommercial, yes. There's a good arguement that all of these images are derivative parody works protected by Fair Use, AI-generated or not. The AI-generation legality part is yet-to-be-decided-on, but it will probably err on the side of model freedom. I wager it's too late to draft a bill that changes things this far in the game.
> Is there even any interpretation that would allow this to be seen as anything different than industrial style IP infringement?<p>Parody is protected by copyright law
>How does this work from a technological standpoint? There have only been 27 Pixar feature films.<p>That's plenty of frames to learn the style from, also there are many animated film that are not from Disney, when you sample from the model it will use the knowledge that it has acquired from all the images, not just the Disney ones.