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After OpenAI launched its latest image gen capabilities in ChatGPT this week, the Great Ghibli-fication exploded across social media.
You've seen it by now. Countless ideas, photos, memes all transformed into the iconic style of Studio Ghibli, the masterful Japanese animation studio.
The novelty, ease, and excellent aesthetic results brought plenty of joy to the timeline. But the viral wave also surfaced an ethical question: are these reproductions copyright infringements?
Legally speaking, it's still a gray area.
But morally speaking, it certainly feels wrong that Studio Ghibli isn't getting direct upside here. There's a fairer way forward, as Jason Zhao—a cofounder of the IP blockchain Story—argued this week:
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