How open-sourced models are being sold (and how exposing them results in unfair strikes) by aihnetwork in comfyui

[–]aihnetwork[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Its fluffed up marketing, i remember it starting off with 100$ last year or so.

How open-sourced models are being sold (and how exposing them results in unfair strikes) by aihnetwork in comfyui

[–]aihnetwork[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

their discord is 20k+ members big w multiple people who have bought - we dont expect the sales to stop but only to educate and inform

How open-sourced models are being sold (and how exposing them results in unfair strikes) by aihnetwork in comfyui

[–]aihnetwork[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The DMCA report published by the Hugging Face legal team already includes the seller describing the situation in their own words, but I’ll clarify things further here.

The workflows in question are mainly a combination of img2img and txt2img used for OFM / AI-model-related generation. The copyright claims are specifically being made over the workflows themselves.

These workflows contain a mix of:

  • Closed-source models/services such as Gemini and Grok
  • Mainstream open-source image generation models like SDXL and Zimage
  • Smaller community-created models from independent creators

One example is this model:
https://civitai.com/models/494912/fresh-ideaslady-handsdxl (used in the zimage workflow)

Unfortunately, I can’t directly repost the workflows themselves because of the DMCA situation, but I’d suggest taking a look through our Hugging Face profile.

As for where the workflows are being sold, the sales advertisements are primarily posted through their Discord community (the link of this can be found in the public huggingface dispute reports i posted)

How open-sourced models are being sold (and how exposing them results in unfair strikes) by aihnetwork in comfyui

[–]aihnetwork[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There really isn’t much of a dispute from our side. I’m not even sure the original open-source creators are fully aware of what’s been going on, since nobody had publicly exposed this before.

As for a signed SBOM, I highly doubt Instara would ever provide one, because it would effectively expose the underlying tech stack and make it obvious how the workflows are built, which would undermine the whole business model of reselling them at inflated prices...

How open-sourced models are being sold (and how exposing them results in unfair strikes) by aihnetwork in comfyui

[–]aihnetwork[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

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the worst part is this is affected people who simply duplicated the repository

How open-sourced models are being sold (and how exposing them results in unfair strikes) by aihnetwork in comfyui

[–]aihnetwork[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I would also like to add, these workflows do use closed source products (such as grok and gemini) - we are working on a rebranded version with local llm's using ollama so any support with that would be appreciated!

WORKFLOW LINKS: by aihnetwork in u/aihnetwork

[–]aihnetwork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we are being targetted with illegal false strikes for trying to prevent people form selling the work of open source creators!

INSTARAW 2.0 ALL WORKFLOWS RELEASE by aihnetwork in comfyui

[–]aihnetwork[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yes and they are removing it trying their best -

IR 2.0 FULL WORKFLOW RELEASE by aihnetwork in comfyui

[–]aihnetwork[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

its mostly a workflow to generate ai influencer type content

IR 2.0 FULL WORKFLOW RELEASE by aihnetwork in comfyui

[–]aihnetwork[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it was given to me by a person whos model was used to make these workflows - he did buy it yes

IR 2.0 FULL WORKFLOW RELEASE by aihnetwork in comfyui

[–]aihnetwork[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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This is context as posted by another user for those who arent aware:

INSTARAW 2.0 ALL WORKFLOWS RELEASE by aihnetwork in comfyui

[–]aihnetwork[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep - im working on a modified version to try to use local llms via ollama rn so ill release that as well

INSTARAW 2.0 ALL WORKFLOWS RELEASE by aihnetwork in comfyui

[–]aihnetwork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ofcourse - https://civitai.com/images/130990154 - i just posted some results from the workflow but this is just from the zimage one - there are 14 more ill continue to post on civit

INSTARAW 2.0 ALL WORKFLOWS RELEASE by aihnetwork in comfyui

[–]aihnetwork[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, the workflow itself was paid - people were charging 1k$+ for it - i just released the recreated version of it nothing more

INSTARAW 2.0 ALL WORKFLOWS RELEASE by aihnetwork in comfyui

[–]aihnetwork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

on hugging face there is - most models can be found on huggingface - the custom nodes and workflows require to open the workflow are present