Post #2265974

2022-11-11 19:25 UTC

So, DeviantArt opted in, by default, all existing art on the website for use by third-party AI. Without notifying their users. For all existing art. You have to go through your art pieces one by one and tick a box that you do NOT consent to this. I learnt about it on Birdsite, by accident. And of course, any inactive user or dead user will have their art used by AI models from now on, even though they never agreed to this. Disgusting.

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@6MY@meow.social 2022-11-11 19:27

@oddtail@meow.social do you know if this affects sta.sh items on devianart?

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@Winty@meow.social 2022-11-11 19:31

@oddtail@meow.social in response to the birdapp meltdown, i'd began taking steps to curate a small deviantart gallery. I've immediately wiped the damn lot. Utterly disgusting, disgraceful behaviour. Their site is honestly the next one on the firing line. Saying that, DA has been slowly infested with monetisation garbage for years. Just, ugh. Who's next? XD

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@friendly@meow.social 2022-11-11 19:39

@oddtail@meow.social I remember reading somewhere that AI training was actually specifically excepted from (US at least) copyright protections. I'm not sure anyone is even required to comply with this setting, even if DA were to make it default. We live in strange times.

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