2023-10-31
The judge appears dubious of the notion that Stable Diffusion contains “compressed copies” of all of the training images, and unless plaintiffs can plausibly allege as much, there won't be a viable theory of direct infringement against users of the tool. 4/
The Hollywood Reporter
A US judge dismissed AI copyright infringement claims against Midjourney and DeviantArt by three artists, but allowed a claim against Stability AI to proceed
While a federal judge advanced an infringement claim against Stability AI, he dismissed the rest of the lawsuit.
Reading the tea leaves, it's likely that plaintiffs' direct infringement claims are going to be limited to the copying of images to train Stable Diffusion in the first instance. 3/
The Hollywood Reporter
A US judge dismissed AI copyright infringement claims against Midjourney and DeviantArt by three artists, but allowed a claim against Stability AI to proceed
While a federal judge advanced an infringement claim against Stability AI, he dismissed the rest of the lawsuit.
Importantly, the court also appears to be quite skeptical of plaintiffs' theory that *all* output images are necessarily “derivative works” of all of the training images, and is likely to require allegations that 5/
The Hollywood Reporter
A US judge dismissed AI copyright infringement claims against Midjourney and DeviantArt by three artists, but allowed a claim against Stability AI to proceed
While a federal judge advanced an infringement claim against Stability AI, he dismissed the rest of the lawsuit.