Reuters Thursday October 10, 2024
A Colorado artist has asked a federal court to reverse a U.S. Copyright Office decision that rejected copyright protection for an award-winning image he created with artificial intelligence. The artist, Jason M. Allen, said in a lawsuit filing that he should receive a copyright for his image "Theatre D'opera Spatial" because it was an expression of his creativity. In 2022, Allen applied for a copyright registration covering the image, which won the Colorado State Fair's art competition that year. The US Copyright Office rejected Allen's application after he refused to disclaim the parts of the image made with the AI image generator Midjourney, notes Reuters.
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Radio France International Thursday October 10, 2024
For decades, swathes of France's coastline have been regularly swamped by toxic green algae, especially in Brittany. Scientists say it forms due to a glut of chemical waste from intensive farming that spills into the sea, notes Radio France International, which spotlights the work of a young photographer who is exposing the problem with unusual and surprisingly beautiful work. "I produce images that are very powerful because they are visually arresting and enable me to challenge the viewer,” says the photographer, Alice Pallot.
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TechCrunch Thursday October 10, 2024
Meta says that creators have earned over $2 billion on Facebook this year, and in that time, payouts for Reels and other short videos has grown over 8o percent. Since Facebook began offering monetization opportunities in 2017, the company has paid more than 4 million creators, notes TechCrunch. TC adds, however, that Facebook’s stats “still pale in comparison to YouTube, which paid creators $70 billion over the last three years through its partner program.” Meta is now inviting 1 million creators who are already monetizing on Facebook to join the beta for the Content Monetization hub. Next year, creators can join through an open enrollment system.
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David Schonauer Thursday October 10, 2024
Darrell Petit was heading for a degree in architecture at Brown University--with a minor in ice hockey--when an accident "fundamentally changed him in an instant and turned him toward a life as a
renowned sculptor of leaning towers of granite that defy gravity and description," notes photographer Sean Kiernan in his new book "Darrell Petit in Stone." Some 15 years in the making, the … Read the full Story >>
