Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template

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核心亮点：一位菲律宾艺术家起诉美国AI公司，因为对方把他的原创漫画变成广告模板，靠AI批量生成来赚钱。通俗解读：这个叫“Superelmer”的艺术家七年前画了一幅“逃跑气球”漫画，后来在网上疯传成表情包。他本来挺乐意大家免费分享，但最近发现一家叫Memes.ai的平台，用AI技术把他的漫画做成广告模板，用户付费订阅就能自动生成带不同文字的广告。艺术家觉得这是明目张胆的侵犯版权，直接告上了法庭。实际影响：这个案子给所有爱用AI生成表情包或广告的人敲了警钟——AI不是免费素材库，拿别人的作品当模板很可能踩到版权雷区。对普通创作者来说，再火的网络作品也需要法律保护，不能任由AI公司拿来商业化。而普通用户在使用AI工具时也要留个心眼，以为随便传张图就能生成广告，背后可能藏着侵权风险。

Artist Elmer Saflor, who goes by the online handle “Superelmer,” loves that millions of people have shared his “Running Away Balloon” comic since it became a popular meme in 2017. However, just because lots of people have copied it, that doesn’t mean it’s OK for an AI meme generator to commercialize his copyrighted meme as a template for who knows how many ads, he told Ars. That’s why he’s fighting to stop one of the biggest meme generators currently leveraging AI to rapidly scale the allegedly illegal use. "Running Away Balloon" comic by Elmer Saflor, aka "Superelmer." Credit: via Saflor / Superelmer Elmer Saflor, the original artist who made the "Running Away Balloon" comic. Credit: via Saflor In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, Saflor, a digital creator and artist in the Philippines, alleged that Memes Apps, LCC—which operates the content creation platforms Memes.ai and Memes AI Studio—violated copyright law by selling paid subscriptions to an ad generator that spits out copies of his comic without permission.Read full article Comments