Raw LLM Responses

This is ridiculously long and I'm so so sorry😅 The reason why Dōjinshi works ( and is allowed) in Japan is that they have a strong culture of BUYING manga anime etc. We do not have the same with art. Manga is such a huge market with commercial appeal, having these other stories made by fans just drives sales of the original more. These publishers noticed that their characters were often "shipped" by mostly the female readers of manga that was made to appeal typically to young men( shounen). Thus allowing these women to make content with the CHARACTERS, in a different context, just added another market demographic for them without having to strictly cater to them or make more seperate works for them . This realization even changed the way male characters presented in the medium, it inspired a whole new wave of bishounen ( beautiful boy, often a more feminine coded guy ) in shows that you wouldn't see them in before. A bit of background. In Japan Dōjinshi acts as an addition to the market and consumption while driving sales to the ORIGINAL works( basically acting as free marketing ) , while AI art takes from one market and just creates another one( AI creators and their products), completely sidestepping the original artists of those works and those works. In a sense, devaluing it in the eye's of consumers even more, especially if they just want a cool artwork on their insta page. They don't really care about art or the person who made it and don't understand why artists cant live off of compliments and exposure alone( which is the exact opposite of the readers and creators of Dōjinshi, they care deeply about that stuff). How would you do that for artists in general? Or for artists in places that don't have the same market impact as manga and anime? Another thing about it is that we're also talking about PUBLISHERS that own or work with the actual artists, who often aren't compensated fairly or if they are, overworked. It's a business after all, and the business side makes the bulk of the cash. The mangaka's often are very passionate( like our artists or even more due to the work culture and high demands) about their work and since they are getting paid, obviously would have different feelings towards fan stories based on their characters ( most artists would feel differently if they didn't have to struggle for money obviously) And one big other difference. A story and a picture have different values. Someone can copy the characters and sets of a Manga but making an interesting story is harder to copy, thats why the original is so powerful in manga. It's about the mind of the author, where they will go with the story, who they will introduce. Besides we have fanart. Very good. And Yes Nintendo goes very far but most shows, cartoons etc have fanart. Most companies allow it, they understand it's value. So as much as I understand the comparison or that you just wanted to convey a different way of approaching copyright, its just fundamentally different. In so many ways that muddy the point you're making, in my opinion. As leftists we do believe in not having labor stolen and I feel ( very subjective) that AI creator is stealing the labor from these artists, especially since they've already started to monotize their services. You say you don't understand why people are caping for copyright all of a sudden but it makes sense. Copyright could have been a tool to protect the weak against the strong within this capalistic hellscape. Now It's a tool for the powerful to maintain that power. But it's also the only one. People are desperate. And people can already ask for works that are in the style of a specific artists, that come looking like slightly different copies ( mixes) of original works with signature still on it. Cuz people don't care over here. Most people like art but purely as a product. Like the paintings you can buy at Ikea. I personally don't care for how copyright seems treat Disney the same ( being very oversimplistic probably) as small artists. If an artist doesn't make art that can be used as an invested tool, they work on a completely different level. Their work functions differently. And that should be reflected in copyright law. I don't know, I'm just worried for artists. Worried that it will become something, like in the past, for people who are rich enough or can find someone rich to sponsor them. And what that would do to communties with people who don't have good network or are marginalized or created art catered to marginalized communties I just see the few ways of making a living become smaller and smaller.