ekZeppJun 10, 2024

What is Cara, the Instagram alternative that gained 600k users in a week?

https://lemmy.world/post/16375899

What is Cara, the Instagram alternative that gained 600k users in a week? - Lemmy.World

Key points: - Cara’s Rapid Growth: The app gained 600,000 users in a week - Artists Leaving Instagram: The controversy around Instagram using images to train AI led many artists to seek an alternative - Cara’s Features: The app is designed specifically for artists and offers a ‘Portfolio’ feature. Users can tag fields, mediums, project types, categories, and software used to create their work - While Cara has grown quickly, it is still tiny compared to Instagram’s massive user base of two billion. - Glaze Integration: Cara is working on integrating Glaze directly in the app to provide users with an easy way to protect their work from be used by any AI more about: https://blog.cara.app/blog/cara-glaze-about [https://blog.cara.app/blog/cara-glaze-about]

Show threadGrimyJun 10, 2024
According to their terms and service, everything uploaded to their website is then owned by them. Doesn’t seem very artist friendly to me.
Show threadekZeppJun 10, 2024
The Cara Site and all works of art (“Art”) and/or other user generated content (including without limitation commentary, images, third-party links, and similar content and/or works) (collectively the “Art And Other User Generated Content”), text, data, and other materials contained in the Cara Site are copyrighted unless otherwise noted and are the property of Cara and/or the individual artist who created any individual piece of Art And Other User Generated Content (the “Artist”). No such materials may be copied, reproduced, republished, modified or used in any way except as provided in these Terms and Conditions.
Show threadsnooggumsJun 10, 2024

the property of Cara and/or the individual artist

This seems worded to muddy the waters about who actually has the copyright.

Show threadScreaminOctopus
Monetization plan might be to sell prints of platformed artists work, with out any need for pesky royalties.
Jun 10, 2024 at 1:58pmWeb