The images are generated, but the training set may be argued or not that they had some rights attached, even it they were the ones that the social network where they were posted and scrapped from had.<p>There are is money to be made in a way or another, same with music, wouldn’t be surprised if this kind of projects get hit directly or indirectly because of this.
I'm working on a golf startup atm, so this is relevant.<p>These are certainly generated, as virtually every golf club has an insane and unworkable head, just like Midjourney. AI doesn't seem to focus on that level of detail. Take this one for example which would launch the ball somewhere into the sun: <a href="https://stockcake.com/i/golf-swing-action_656275_515716" rel="nofollow">https://stockcake.com/i/golf-swing-action_656275_515716</a><p>Others look something like a soup plate attached to a stick, and it is common to see right handed players using left handed clubs.
I wonder if these images might still get you in trouble if they show copyrighted work like the Eiffeltower at night, the opera house in Sydney or Atomium in Brussels
I'm enjoying the "happy first birthday" stock photo, where presumably the baby is having a wine and cheese party<p><a href="https://stockcake.com/i/wine-celebration-setup_855871_1085998" rel="nofollow">https://stockcake.com/i/wine-celebration-setup_855871_108599...</a>
awesome project, might not last long if server costs arise.<p>but where are the images from ? scraped or self generated?
how can i make sure that they are not copyrighted?
I quickly perused StockCake's website to see where their training data/models came from, but couldn't find anything.<p>Depending on the licenses of the content it was trained on, this could be an elaborate way of "laundering" commercial stock photos and other content.<p>Of course, the legality of such things is being very actively litigated, will be interesting to see where it lands.
Must add that even if this is is not 100% quality, it is a HUUUGE threat to paid stock photos... I mean for 0 dollars why wouldn't you lower your bar little bit... or with some photos you get much better results with ai.<p>I'll bet Adobe or similiar will buy this 0,5 mil and just delete