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Can I use the images for a book? I am creating a child book and I would like to use the images there, is it allow?
Commercial use of images generated using Copilot, Bing AI and "Image Creator from Designer"
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As noted in other questions on this topic, the terms of use for Microsoft services capable of AI image generation appear to have changed in late 2023/early 2024 from a clear "non-commercial use only" policy to an ambiguous "Microsoft does not claim ownership of creations" one, with no mention of how those creations can be legally used.
Can an advisor please clarify the current (end of Jan 2024) restrictions on use of AI-generated images from Microsoft services such as Copilot, Bing AI and "Image Creator from Designer", as well as any requirements for attribution/watermarks to enable unrestricted commercial use?
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2024-02-13T23:50:10+00:00 -
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2024-03-28T09:10:39+00:00 You cannot copyright artwork created by a machine. It doesn't matter how many times you change your prompt. If you want to add a watermark, add, 'Created by Bing Image Creator powered by Dall-E'.
No one owns the images, and they might be created by Bing for someone else, so you cannot stop someone else from using the same image. This has been tested in court here: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-art-copyright-matthew-allen/
However, by using AI generated images, you may be breaching someone else's copyright because the machines are trained using other people's artwork and there are currently lawsuits going through the courts over artwork being replicated by AI machines without the permission of the copyright owners. This is why Microsoft doesn't claim copyright ownership either. You're on your own defending your use of it. At your own risk.
One lawsuit is here, but there are many: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/01/artists-file-class-action-lawsuit-against-ai-image-generator-companies/
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Anonymous
2024-01-31T13:57:26+00:00 Hi Ravi,
Thank you for the prompt response.
To clarify, while use of a watermark is recommended, there are currently no restrictions on commercial use of such images?
Regards,
Dan
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Anonymous
2024-03-15T13:21:15+00:00 "There are no restrictions on any use as long as a user adds a watermark to avoid any copyright infringement or plagiarism."
This is very confusing.
Traditionally, adding your watermark to images you create manually, is normally something an artist does to prevent others from using your images.
Adding your watermark to an image you create with an AI generator, may prevent others from using your AI images, but adding your watermark to these images does not protect you from being accused of copyright infringement or plagiarism, as the images are created by AI and who knows where AI got parts of those image from. A watermark in the case of AI art seems irrelevant to the question of whether we can use images generator by Bing Image Creator (now Bing Copilot) .
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Anonymous
2024-03-01T10:51:46+00:00 Hi Ravi. I have generated in Bing / Co Pilot a cover for a book I am about to publish. The greatest picture has been improved and touched up using graphic tools. I now have a new image. Can I use this for my book? And just for clarity, when you mention a watermark, do you mean one of my own to protect my Image? Thanks.