I am thrilled to share my experience of using the AI Comic Factory to create a comic book panel. I used to dream of drawing comic books based on my imagination, but due to my lack of drawing skills, it never happened in my life. However, with the support of AI, I can now draw and design comic books based on my descriptions.
Creating a comic is quite simple, following these steps:
- You can write your own story, but I used ChatGPT to transform my story into a comic style to save time.
2. Once you have your descriptions ready, all you need to do is input your descriptions and choose the style (e.g., American, Japanese) you want.
3. After configuring the settings, click the “Go” button on the right, and you will receive your images in the desired layout. Here, I’m sharing the comic I generated using AI with the title: “The Rise of Ant.”
The experiment I had with an AI tool to generate a comic book was indeed exciting, but I wondered if I could claim copyright protection for it. Then I came across the case of “Zarya of the Dawn,” which was created using the text-to-image engine Midjourney. It is the first AI-generated image approved for copyright protection by the agency. However, the United States Copyright Office granted only limited protection. They approved protection for the text but denied protection for the images (Jonnavithula, 2023).
As the number of generative AI tools continues to increase in availability, the importance of obtaining copyright protection also grows. The question arises: if the use of AI to create something fails to receive copyright protection, how much control should a human exercise? If these legal challenges are not addressed in the near future, I assume generative AI platforms could face secondary liability for any violations.
Source
Jonnavithula, A. (2023, March 6). Zarya of the dawn: How ai is changing the landscape of copyright protection. Harvard Journal of Law & Technology. https://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/zarya-of-the-dawn-how-ai-is-changing-the-landscape-of-copyright-protection
Hi Sumin! Thank you for the interesting post. I was wondering what your opinion is on the decision of the United States Copyright Office to only grant limited protection. It’s clear that generative AI has an intellectual property problem, however there does not seem to be a concensus on solution. Especially when there is minimal human intervention, it becomes increasingly difficult to determine whether or not copyright protection is desirable. I believe determining the extent of human control becomes a critical factor in deciding whether copyright protection should apply. For this factors such as the level of customization, the nature of the creative input provided by the human, and the degree to which the AI operates independently can be used. What is your opinion on this?