From Monkey Selfies to Machine Learning: Generative Art and the Public Domain
In this email...our final episode of season 3 + links to the latest art awards, fellowship and other professional opportunities.
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Our newest episode: From Monkey Selfies to Machine Learning: Generative Art and the Public Domain. Listen or read the transcript. You can also listen on Apple, Spotify, and elsewhere, or subscribe to our RSS feed.
In this season of the podcast we’re working with the Engelberg Center for Innovation Policy at NYU Law.
In our final episode of the season we reconnect with Michael Weinberg, Director of the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy, for the recent legal cases revolving around generative AI models and the continuing impact of the monkey selfie legal case.
This episode is the final one of the season in collaboration with the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy at NYU Law. This season we’ve talked to lawyers, artists and other scholars who have helped us unpack some of the thorny issues for those working in art and code as they unleash their work into the world.
When we first began our research for the season we started by speaking to Michael on a range of legal issues pertaining to creators and artists working today. Then I asked what I thought was a straightforward question and was amazed at the response. I asked Michael about generative AI, and especially things like artwork created through machine learning algorithms. It was at that point that I first learned of the Monkey Selfie Copyright Dispute.
In our previous episode Michael explained to me that the courts had ruled that works that are not created by a human cannot be copyrighted. And furthermore, that the U.S. Copyright Office had advised that this legal case would impact work created with generative A.I. When I first learned this, I was surprised and intrigued. Since that previous interview, Michael got back in touch to let me know that we finally had further legal cases relating to generative A.I. that specifically cite the monkey legal case as precedent. We revisit our earlier conversation then catch up with Michael for an update on these recent cases.
Our audio production for the episode is by Max Ludlow.
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Opportunities:
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Internet Society Foundation is currently listing grants for "global research collaborations that advance understanding of the Internet and its value for all."
Areas of focus: Greening the Internet , The Internet Economy, A Trustworthy Internet, Decolonizing the Internet.
Deadline: 14th May
ORAL.pub is open for submissions
Founded in 2016, ORAL.pub publishes poetry/art made for and inseparable from the web (web art, e-poetry, net.art, e-lit, digital language art, etc.) - often in translation
Deadline: 31st May
Free and Open Source Software Sustainability Fund
“the FOSS Sustainability Fund helps to ensure that free and open source software projects and the communities that sustain them have the resources and support needed for long-term maintenance, security, and community well-being.“
Deadline: 17th May
Processing Foundation Fellowship Program - Deadline is May 2
The Processing Foundation is thrilled to announce the open call for our 2024 Fellowship Program, themed ‘Sustaining Community: Expansion & Access.’ This year, we seek to support innovative projects from artists, designers, activists, educators, engineers, researchers, coders, collectives, and many more, who are working at the intersection of creative technology, art, and open-source software.
Deadline: 2nd May
Have an idea for an episode, or a response to anything we've covered? Want to let us know of artist opportunities that our community may be interested in? Drop us a line. We post opportunities to our Mastodon account as they come in.
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