Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template
Ars Technica Ashley Belanger
Artist Elmer Saflor is suing meme generator platform Memes Apps for commercializing his "Running Away Balloon" comic without permission by selling it as a paid template through their ad-generation tool. The lawsuit, filed earlier this month, claims the platform violated copyright law by profiting from subscriptions to generate copies of his 2017 comic meme. This case challenges whether AI platforms can legally monetize user-created content incorporated into their generative tools.
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Meme generator may have screwed up by using templates in outputs, expert says.
