Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template
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艺术家埃尔默·萨弗洛（网名“Superelmer”）因其2017年创作的“逃跑气球”漫画成为热门表情包而广受欢迎。但他近日对一家AI表情包生成器公司提起诉讼，指控其未经许可将该漫画作为广告模板商业化，通过付费订阅服务生成复制品，侵犯了其版权。萨弗洛表示，大量用户分享并不代表AI公司可以合法利用其作品盈利。该案已在本月初提交法院，被告为运营Memes.ai等平
Artist Elmer Saflor, who goes by the online handle “Superelmer,” loves that millions of people have shared his “Running Away Balloon” comic since it became a popular meme in 2017.
However, just because lots of people have copied it, that doesn’t mean it’s OK for an AI meme generator to commercialize his copyrighted meme as a template for who knows how many ads, he told Ars. That’s why he’s fighting to stop one of the biggest meme generators currently leveraging AI to rapidly scale the allegedly illegal use.
"Running Away Balloon" comic by Elmer Saflor, aka "Superelmer." Credit: via Saflor / Superelmer Elmer Saflor, the original artist who made the "Running Away Balloon" comic. Credit: via SaflorIn a lawsuit filed earlier this month, Saflor, a digital creator and artist in the Philippines, alleged that Memes Apps, LCC—which operates the content creation platforms Memes.ai and Memes AI Studio—violated copyright law by selling paid subscriptions to an ad generator that spits out copies of his comic without permission.
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