@eniko @winterwolves I'll tell you now, yes they do, and it makes sense and this is a move by valve will hurt more than help and is being done in the name of people fearing for their jobs, who really really don't understand how media law works... At all... And if it did work the way they think it did they'd be so very very fucked and the only thing left would be Disney.

Fun fact memes are technically illegal, but the EU passed an exemption that while legally doesn't truly make sense is the reason why the internet didn't explode a few years ago.

However an even funner the reposting of a meme or the sharing of a meme does violate copyright law and the fact that oftentimes the creator of a meme is unknown does not absolve the individuals infringement or prevent the Creator from enforcing their copyright. Viral content is just a gigantic lawsuit waiting to happen if someone was a big enough asshole with enough money to do so. In fact Hutcherson Law exists as is a firm specializing in meme copyright lawXD

@eniko AI assets are banned?! Fuck valve. I was experimenting with a total faux FMV game based off public domain films and sources. AI modified backgrounds, animation loops, facial tracking either AI assist then an AI pixel density filter program to make it look like it was compressed in the 90s and not a composited image. there are layers of work going into this for a very specific look, making a horror sci fi mystery noir game in the late 1920s. And where the hell are they going to draw the line?! I own Head Shot, which is an AI 3d modeler that can make a model of a person or illustration based on a photograph, fully rigged, did myself and my partner and it nailed everything first try including the facial weights. I hate it when luddites limit artistic expression.

If Val still distributed movies it means I'm spider-verse 2 could never be on steam because that used AI assistant animation and AI assisted modeling...