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points by avaer 1 day ago | 0 comments

Rules for thee, not for me.

These companies would love to slurp up your game (via AI) but replicating theirs (via AI) is no bueno. Whether you've infringed comes down to whether you can afford the legal fees.

Remains to be seen how it plays out but I always liked Sega's approach to Sonic fan games. They are their own rich genre, which have largely symbiosed with corporate. Though, I suspect most studios won't understand the value of that approach.

[–] Ohentis 1 day ago

I don't really think this is the case. The rules feel very consistently applied. Training is fine. Output may still be copyright infringing in some cases (but difficult to prove and none of these tech companies have tried yet). Publishing decomps is not fine and never has been. Piracy is not fine and never has been (and anthropic got in trouble for it). The only case that I know of where an AI company got off free for something an individual would be punished for is the various hacks that they've "accidentally" done.