Last week, I mentioned that I’m taking an Instagram break after Meta’s announcement that you would soon be able to create AI-generated images in Instagram. It’s no secret that I consider AI-generated content a form of blatant theft (of both creative intellectual property and creative labor) and taking a break from Instagram was a chance …
I’ll be honest. This isn’t really a post about Instagram. It’s a post about AI. If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I’m strongly opposed to AI. I know that for many, there are elements of AI that feel like a blessing, but for me, it’s a hard no. AI is created by …
I want to talk about the recent Supreme Court copyright case involving the photographer Lynn Goldsmith. You might have heard of it, especially if you run in more artistic circles, but you probably read all about it from the perspective of the work of its more famous plaintiff, Andy Warhol. In an opinion piece in …
I can’t believe that the New York Gift Fair is a little over a week a way. I’m feeling a little crunched, and while I have tons of posts in the works here for DMBA, I’m finding it hard to focus long enough to finish any of them. Since I’m about to head into serious …
It seems the Internet is abuzz these days with stories of copycatting. The big story, in case you missed it, is that jewelry artist tru.che shared a post on Tumblr about how Urban Outfitters had ripped off her pendant designs. This sent of a firestorm of tweets, comments, and support for tru.che, as well as …
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