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iidealized t1_j9kwe6h wrote

Are adversarial examples (eg minimally perturbed versions of images) considered violation of copyright? Or are they a sufficient “remix”?

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currentscurrents t1_j9l30jy wrote

It's definitely a derivative work, but whether it violates copyright is complicated and depends what you're doing with it.

Similarly, a scaled-down thumbnail of an image is also a derivative work. You couldn't print and sell thumbnail-sized reproductions of copyrighted artworks. But many uses of thumbnails, for example in search engine results, do not violate copyright.

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visarga t1_j9qwl8q wrote

Diffusion models take about 1 byte of information from each training image - 5B images, 5Gb. So much less than a thumbnail.

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vyasnikhil96 OP t1_j9kzwpq wrote

Assuming you are asking from the perspective of copyright law, I am not sure. I think the notion of “remix”/sufficient transformation also depends on the context in which the new work is being used.

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