New language for our publisher guidelines? "We don't knowingly sell titles that employ generative AI in any capacity. If we find out a particular title was created using AI, we reserve the right to remove AI-generated portions or delete the title from our offerings entirely." Opinions welcome
I'd suggest striking "to remove AI-generated portions" and stick to simply deleting the title from your offerings entirely. As written, removing portions of a work puts the onus on you to determine what those are and how to excise them. That's complicated. IE, what if the author claims it wasn't AI?
And if it's a case where a story in a magazine is later revealed to be LLM-generated, the publisher of that story could always resubmit an updated file.
Excellent point. To be honest, I got kind of excited imagining a case in which we fulfill the expectations of our subscribers but still get to make our point by sending them an issue of a mag with a gray box in place of its formerly ai-generated cover :D
That sounds incredibly satisfying personally. But I feel like it might open you up to potential legal liabilities. Possibly I've been lawyer-adjacent for too long...
I am no lawyer! But in my limited defense, this indeed very satisfying fantasy was based on a bit from the USPTO guidance about copyright and AI generated work: www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-05321...
I think you're among anti-LLM allies, no need for defense here! My mind is just going straight to all of the spurious suits/rumor mills people can foment. I live in a depressing copyright world sometimes.
