Meaning of copyright laundering | Babel Free

Definitions

The transformation of copyrighted material, for example by means of artificial intelligence, to produce a derivative work that cannot be clearly identified as such.

derogatory, neologism, uncountable

Examples

“The AI is trained on a huge sample of text taken from the internet, generally without explicit permission from the authors of the material used. That has led to controversy, with some arguing that the technology is most useful for “copyright laundering” — making works derivative of existing material without breaking copyright.”

“As already pointed out, they used one such fair use/fair dealing exemption as a form of copyright laundering when it was actually for a for-profit purposes.”

““Though [the] defendants like to describe their AI image products in lofty terms, the reality is grubbier and nastier: AI image products are primarily valued as copyright-laundering devices, promising customers the benefits of art without the costs of artists,” the complaint says.”

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