I just thought I'd post something here that I saw mentoned earlier today on Matt Wolfes YouTube channel. It's very relevant to what we're discussing here.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/07/artists-sign-open-letter-saying-generative-ai-is-good-actually/

When you get to the Techcrunch website there's another link in the main story that takes you to the Creative Commons website.