A fun experiment is to take a 4k video and convert it to 144p, and then use an AI upscale back to 4k. The result is quite odd, but still very much recognizable of the original video, but with a lot of artifacts and hallucinations.
In some ways it is very transformative. We can easily identify the original from the new work, and the new work will have features and aspects which the original don't. From a fair use perspective the big question is if we want commercial competition between them. I suspect the answer would be no.
We could see courts decide that particular outputs are infringing. This was the defense used by the piratebay founders. There were Linux distros on the website, and users had the choice over what they downloaded. I would expect many more lawsuits if the courts came to that decision.
In some ways it is very transformative. We can easily identify the original from the new work, and the new work will have features and aspects which the original don't. From a fair use perspective the big question is if we want commercial competition between them. I suspect the answer would be no.
We could see courts decide that particular outputs are infringing. This was the defense used by the piratebay founders. There were Linux distros on the website, and users had the choice over what they downloaded. I would expect many more lawsuits if the courts came to that decision.