News: Apr 15, 2025 Show

The rules for advertising have been updated on E6ai and we will no longer allow users to advertise paywalled content.
You can check them out in the uploading guidelines

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  • Do not advertise on E6ai
    • No advertisements of any kind for paid content
    • No Patreon logos or other paywall logos
    • No mention of paywalled content in descriptions
    • No links to paywalled content

Exceptions:

  • Tip jars are allowed
    • Patreon may be used only as a tip jar, it must not include any paywalled content and must be clearly explained as a tip jar everywhere it appears.
  • Commissions using the "Commission Info" field on your profile is allowed

Topic: What is the reason for the differential treatment of AI - No advertising rule

Posted under General

Anonsuper

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Why has the policy changed? Why now? Why does it discriminate for E6AI when on E621 it is allowed?

Draco18s

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E6 management found this practice to be immoral, and we have complied with their request.

The practice of paywalling content that is ostensibly cheap to create and has no inherent copyright, things were just too rife with abuse: private discord servers, Patreon-only uncensored versions, and the like. The decision was made to allow for "tip-jar" like situations where the content is accessible to anyone for free, but that people can choose to pay the director if they feel like doing so.

Anonsuper

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draco18s said:
E6 management

Ok so E6 management sees AI artists as not deserving of the same respect and privileges, as lesser.

draco18s said:
cheap

I'm being told by the biggest furry artists that manual art too is cheap to make, just pick up a pen.

draco18s said:
copyright

Where did this delusional idea that AI is not copyrightable come from? Images with AI elements are being copyrighted left and right. I used to work with EPO, I have friends there even now. You can easily copyright AI, but you cannot copyright it while also explicitly stating that it is AI, because there is simply no framework for it.

Updated

Draco18s

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Where did this delusional idea that AI is not copyrightable come from?

I unno, law maybe? Decisions made by the US Copyright Office? The courts?
All three? Lets go with "all three."

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/04/us-copyright-office-artificial-intelligence-art-regulation
https://www.reuters.com/legal/ai-generated-art-cannot-receive-copyrights-us-court-says-2023-08-21/
https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-copyright
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-rejects-copyrights-ai-generated-art-lacking-human-creator-2025-03-18/

You can easily copyright AI, but you cannot copyright it while also explicitly stating that it is AI, because there is simply no framework for it.

I think you hit the nail on the head and answered your own question. 🤪

fenugreek

Member

I'm new here and this is the first time I clicked on forum. I spent 2 days on the art I created for my first submission here (because I'm learning and I'm a perfectionist!). And I still am going to side with E6 management. I don't want this website to become one big cluster**** of advertisement, every image with a link to the "actual" content. No one is saying you can't monetize your content elsewhere. But why not have at least one sacred space where things are free and shared here. Without knowing more and just stumbling on this thread, I hope I'm not just spewing nonsense. If anything e621 should have a no advertising rule as well.

WarFerret

Member

This is one of the best decisions E6 management has made in a long time tbh. People paywalling their shit pollutes the site for the rest of us

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