Japanese Publishers Association Asks OpenAI To Stop Training AI With Copyright Content Without Permit

OpenAI needs to stop using content from Japanese publishers (photo: dock. unsplash)

JAKARTA The Japan Foreign Content Distribution Association (CODA) urged OpenAI to stop training their Artificial Intelligence (AI) models with copyrighted content belonging to its member publishers without permission.

Launching from TechCrunch, this request was submitted because the Japanese animation industry was affected by OpenAI's generative AI product. One of the animation studios that is considered quite disadvantaged is Studio Ghibli.

The animated film from Studio Ghibli is very popular and has many viewers. Therefore, ChatGPT's ability to replicate photos into Ghibli-style images became a trend last March.

Now, with the presence of the Sora video generator application, CODA demands OpenAI to stop using its member content without consent. Especially if the content is used for machine learning.

It is not yet known what action OpenAI will take after this letter is sent. If OpenAI refuses to cooperate with CODA, the agency may file a lawsuit even though the law in the US regarding AI training is still unclear.

However, CODA stated that the replication action during the machine learning process could be considered a copyright infringement in Japan. In Japanese legal systems, permits are indispensable for the use of copyrighted works.

Until this pressure was submitted by CODA, Studio Ghibli had never spoken about the 'Ghibli' trend of using AI. However, a creative figure named Hayao Miyazaki once stated that he was 'very disgust' when he was shown the 3D AI animation in 2016.

Miyazaki views such technology as an insult to life. With this statement, many believe that Studio Ghibli does not agree with the circulating AI trend, but they do not take action.