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Artist reports direct AI rip-off of linocuts on Etsy

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An artist on Mastodon reported seeing their linocuts directly replicated on an Etsy store that primarily sells AI-generated art. The artist noted that their linocuts took approximately 50 hours to create and expressed concern about the pervasiveness of AI art replication. They urged consumers to be more discerning when purchasing art, advocating for supporting artists with identifiable names. AI

RANK_REASON This is a single user's anecdotal experience on a social media platform about AI art, not a significant industry event or development.

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Artist reports direct AI rip-off of linocuts on Etsy

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Welp, not trying to make anybody on fedi feel a type of way because this shit is pervasive and harder to spot but: I just saw a DIRECT RIP of my linocuts (that

    Welp, not trying to make anybody on fedi feel a type of way because this shit is pervasive and harder to spot but: I just saw a DIRECT RIP of my linocuts (that took me ~50 hours to carve!) on someone's journal. From an Etsy store full of AI. Happy first day of school to me and AI…

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