Creativity has always been a network—we create by building on what others have made, by connecting one's ideas to others' ideas.
But copyright is based on the myth of originality, leaving contributors out of the narrative and telling us art is made in a vacuum.
Fashion designer Zoe Huang uses Copus to showcase both her creative process and her designs. She connects her work to sources of inspiration and invites others to build upon her designs.
Painter and poet Zhang Zhe published the book Here or There on Copus to transform the traditional, linear reading experience for readers.
Creative writer Anshool uses Copus to link his films, writings, and sketches into an open mind map. After publishing the piece below, he received a call from a friend who said, "I feel like I now know how your mind works."
Creators on ComfyUI—the leading open-source generative AI platform—publish their workflow files on Copus, offering them as "Pay-to-Unlock" while seamlessly linking to the resources used to craft each workflow.
We won’t use or sell your work. Only you can do that. Sure, it’s tough to stop AI from scraping stuff online entirely, but we’ll give you tools to protect your creations. Want total privacy? Mark your work “Private” so AI can’t find it. Prefer to get paid if AI companies want your content? Set it to “Pay-to-Unlock”—they’ll have to compensate you first. We’re also working on more anti-scraping features as we go, so you stay in control.
On the other hand, creating without using AI can get you left behind. So we’re experimenting on a personal AI assistant just for you—it learns your style only to help you create. More will come.