An artist fights back, and Midjourney has embarrassed themselves
We recorded 3 claims from this post. 1 was checked against evidence. 2 can’t be checked. 5 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (3)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Observation
“It also suggests that Midjourney has been trained on high-resolution copyright images, to which they may or may not have a license.”
Our reading: The evidence suggests Midjourney was trained on high-resolution copyrighted images, which it may or may not have a license for.
No horizon
Qualifier: licensing status unknown
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Recommendation or value judgment
“Sure looks like automated, digital plagiarism to me.”
Our reading: To Marcus, Midjourney's output closely resembling copyrighted film stills sure looks like automated, digital plagiarism.
No horizon
Qualifier: sure looks like ... to me
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
Observation
“The output was not marked as being directly premised on copyrighted work”
Our reading: Midjourney's output was not labelled as being directly based on copyrighted work.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: Absence of labelling is hard to document from secondary sources.
Held from this post (5)
These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.
- The criteria are ambiguous. Our reading, not assessed: Midjourney retaliated against Southen by revoking his access and wiping his history on the same day.
- The two reviews reached different assessments. Our reading, not assessed: Southen's experiment getting Midjourney to produce near-copies of copyrighted film stills took him almost no effort.
- The two reviews read the claim differently
- The record does not meet the current rules. Our reading, not assessed: Southen's experiment shows that a Midjourney user could easily infringe copyright without meaning to.
- The two reviews read the claim differently