The real problem is these algorithms making works of similar quality to the artists. Thousands for $20/month (in OpenAI's case)
Now there are egregious examples where this is abused to target a specific artist, and I'm sure you'll find all the AI companies are entirely on board with preventing that.
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It is not perfectly legal to have a machine paint a copy of another image. And in either case, you can't sell the work without ending up in court.
https://petapixel.com/2022/12/08/photographer-loses-plagaris... is one of the more recent applicable cases here, where the original artist failed to uphold their claim, which surprised most people.
The real problem is these algorithms making works of similar quality to the artists. Thousands for $20/month (in OpenAI's case)
Now there are egregious examples where this is abused to target a specific artist, and I'm sure you'll find all the AI companies are entirely on board with preventing that.
But they want to produce artworks.