Very happy to know that my Abandoned America trademark has been coopted by not one but two different AI slop "creators", both based out of Europe to circumvent my legal protections.
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@AbandonedAmerica@mastodon.social
fuck AI slop to hell
@glennmagusharvey I'm with you, hate that shit
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@AbandonedAmerica Dang - been following you since the early days. Gave your book as a gift a couple of times. Your work is amazing & I hope you're able to get through this nonsense...
@wcbdata thank you very much, I really appreciate that. More than just saying it really conveys.
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@AbandonedAmerica Dang - been following you since the early days. Gave your book as a gift a couple of times. Your work is amazing & I hope you're able to get through this nonsense...
@wcbdata @AbandonedAmerica Exact same over here on all points. Followed you forever, given your books as gifts a number of times.
What pathetic losers.
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When your favorite websites or YouTube channels or whatever go offline, hide behind a paywall, or just stop producing because all their public work is stolen with AI, the Internet is going to be such a miserable and shabby place - devoid of the only spark that made it truly magical years ago.
@AbandonedAmerica This is tragic. You’ve put I so so so much work. Not only into your photos / stories but into pushing to preserve some of places.
I do hope you can find a business Model that keeps a float.
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Very happy to know that my Abandoned America trademark has been coopted by not one but two different AI slop "creators", both based out of Europe to circumvent my legal protections. I love this new world we live in.
@AbandonedAmerica I love your work; I’m so horrified to read this.
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Very happy to know that my Abandoned America trademark has been coopted by not one but two different AI slop "creators", both based out of Europe to circumvent my legal protections. I love this new world we live in.
@AbandonedAmerica As a longtime fan of your posts and the podcast, this is really infuriating. I'm so sorry this happened. I've been lending my help to the anti-data center cause in my area. A LOT of people on both sides are rightfully upset. No working class person asked for A.I. It's insane. I hope you can find ways to continue telling these stories without your content being stolen.
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Here's exhibit A: a "German" "guy" who somehow is releasing 3 entire text-based books in two weeks. His author photo and cover "art" are exactly the same AI style of the supposedly Scottish guy who started an Abandoned America channel on Youtube
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H3FVR5PJ?binding=paperback&qid=1792454998&sr=1-4&ref=dbs_dp_awt_sb_pc_tpbkIf you have a registered trademark, doesn't Amazon accept that for flagging fakes?
I ask as someone who registered a trademark for that purpose but has never had to attempt that process
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Here's exhibit A: a "German" "guy" who somehow is releasing 3 entire text-based books in two weeks. His author photo and cover "art" are exactly the same AI style of the supposedly Scottish guy who started an Abandoned America channel on Youtube
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H3FVR5PJ?binding=paperback&qid=1792454998&sr=1-4&ref=dbs_dp_awt_sb_pc_tpbk@AbandonedAmerica fuck. even just the principle of being decent to each other. I will never understand the appeal of fake shit. I wasn't in to face swaps or moprhs either when this shit was just that. sorry
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Well, nice knowing you all, I guess. The work I spent 20 years creating will drown in a sea of AI impostors using models that pilfered my writing/photos to create their garbage. I don't have the money to hire lawyers to chase phantoms. I'm sure this is coming soon to every small artist with a brand
@AbandonedAmerica That's so messed up. I hate this for you.
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If you have a registered trademark, doesn't Amazon accept that for flagging fakes?
I ask as someone who registered a trademark for that purpose but has never had to attempt that process
@elithebearded we'll see but I'm not hopeful. That's the part where I said that these people are registering in other countries where US trademark law doesn't apply
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@AbandonedAmerica That's so messed up. I hate this for you.
@lydialurch thank you. It's been a years-long battle against impersonators but it got harder and wasted more time every year, and that was before AI
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@elithebearded we'll see but I'm not hopeful. That's the part where I said that these people are registering in other countries where US trademark law doesn't apply
I wish you luck, because I'm sure this won't be easy
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@AbandonedAmerica fuck. even just the principle of being decent to each other. I will never understand the appeal of fake shit. I wasn't in to face swaps or moprhs either when this shit was just that. sorry
@scrottie thank you. As a pretty strict documentarian, I'm not a huge fan of artificiality either
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@AbandonedAmerica I love your work; I’m so horrified to read this.
@Sharonybaloney thanks so much. I'll keep going but I do worry about what this means for the future
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@AbandonedAmerica This is tragic. You’ve put I so so so much work. Not only into your photos / stories but into pushing to preserve some of places.
I do hope you can find a business Model that keeps a float.
@64bithero thank you. It has been twenty years since I started the project. I guess I just have to keep going and do my best to ignore it
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@wcbdata @AbandonedAmerica Exact same over here on all points. Followed you forever, given your books as gifts a number of times.
What pathetic losers.
@D_J_Nathanson @wcbdata thank you so much, I appreciate that. I guess the world never really runs out of obstacles for anyone and life is a constant journey of navigating them
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@D_J_Nathanson @wcbdata thank you so much, I appreciate that. I guess the world never really runs out of obstacles for anyone and life is a constant journey of navigating them
@AbandonedAmerica @wcbdata Yeah, but AI and its sucklings are a whole new level of suck. Your pissed-offedness is 1000% warranted.
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When your favorite websites or YouTube channels or whatever go offline, hide behind a paywall, or just stop producing because all their public work is stolen with AI, the Internet is going to be such a miserable and shabby place - devoid of the only spark that made it truly magical years ago.
@AbandonedAmerica What really makes this change nasty, is that it’s all a choice.
All that narrative — propaganda to be honest — about ’inevitability’ of this kind of bullshit AI is a choice that corrupt governments and courts made again and again: A choice to NOT enforce existing laws that could have protected the people.
None of this was inevitable. This is purely a choice, because we live in a deeply corrupt oligarchy that cosplays democracy & ’technological singularity’ 🤮
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Very happy to know that my Abandoned America trademark has been coopted by not one but two different AI slop "creators", both based out of Europe to circumvent my legal protections. I love this new world we live in.
@AbandonedAmerica Do you have a book or something out to let people support the real deal?
Otherwise, albeit more work, maybe time to Kickstarter etc. one together, get the money upfront from people who know, use the campaign to highlight the IP theft along the way/evidence for takedowns and fight the bastards?Wondering if The Good Law Project or some sympathetic publishers could get involved… there must be others out there…
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@AbandonedAmerica As a longtime fan of your posts and the podcast, this is really infuriating. I'm so sorry this happened. I've been lending my help to the anti-data center cause in my area. A LOT of people on both sides are rightfully upset. No working class person asked for A.I. It's insane. I hope you can find ways to continue telling these stories without your content being stolen.
@thegardendude thank you, for both the kind words and for fighting the good fight
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