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Originally Posted by Chris Goss
Sounds familiar Kent. I have even seen an original photo given to me by a German airman with an arrow showing who he is in the photo being used in other publications and sold on eBay................
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I am not an attorney but I can say the following. The goal is to bypass copyright law to make money. A legal action over Google Books took years to resolve. The Authors Guild was involved. Photographers also sued over having their works used without permission. When so-called Generative AI became available, writers and artists also sued. Their work was digitized for use with programs that could mix and match portions of published works to regurgitate a story based on snippets from the above. The same with published book covers. Lawsuits were filed, and the defense was the same as for Google Books.
Once books, art and photographs appeared online, a few thought they could use them without permission or payment.