The team behind the popular copyright framework has taken a stab at answering that question, and the short answer is “it’s complicated and depends on how courts interpret the scope of copyright protections and fair use.” Perhaps most importantly, they emphasize that copyright simply isn’t the only concern involved:
Though using CC licenses and legal tools for training data and works produced by generative AI may address some legal uncertainty, it does not solve all the ethical concerns raised, which go far beyond copyright — involving issues of privacy, consent, bias, economic impacts, and access to and control over technology, among other things. Neither copyright nor CC licenses can or should address all of the ways that AI might impact people.
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