{"id":5908,"date":"2023-02-01T10:31:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T10:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libralex.com\/?p=5908"},"modified":"2023-02-01T16:24:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T16:24:13","slug":"ai-image-wars-the-battle-over-copyright-images-reaches-the-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libralex.com\/de\/ai-image-wars-the-battle-over-copyright-images-reaches-the-courts\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Image Wars: the Battle over Copyright Images Reaches the Courts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Published on 1 February 2023. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Photo licensing agency Getty Images is suing Stability AI for copyright infringement.\u00a0The news comes after three artists filed papers in the US District Court of California allege that UK company Stability AI (and Ors), which uses artificial intelligence to generate images, \u201cdownloaded or otherwise copied billions of copyrighted images without permission\u201d, to create its image generator software product Stable Diffusion.<\/h3>\n

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Getty Images stated:<\/p>\n

\u2018This week Getty\u00a0Images commenced legal proceedings in the High Court of Justice in London against Stability AI claiming Stability AI infringed intellectual property rights including copyright in content owned or represented by Getty\u00a0Images. It is Getty\u00a0Images\u2019 position that Stability AI unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright and the associated metadata owned or represented by Getty\u00a0Images absent a license to benefit Stability AI\u2019s commercial interests and to the detriment of the content creators.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Getty\u00a0Images believes artificial intelligence has the potential to stimulate creative endeavors. Accordingly, Getty\u00a0Images provided licenses to leading technology innovators for purposes related to training artificial intelligence systems in a manner that respects personal and intellectual property rights. Stability AI did not seek any such license from Getty\u00a0Images and instead, we believe, chose to ignore viable licensing options and long\u2011standing legal protections in pursuit of their stand\u2011alone commercial interests.\u2019<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

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Assuming the cases proceed, they will be closely watched by rights owners and intellectual property lawyers.\u00a0 Details of the High Court claim are not yet available, but will rely on the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (\u201cCDPA 1988\u201d) in relation to photographic images.<\/p>\n

Section 1 of the CDPA 1988 defines copyright works as including artistic works while Section 4 (1) (a) includes photographs within artistic works.\u00a0 Section 17 deals with infringing acts, which are defined as including copying in any form, storing by electronic means, while other sections deal with infringement by means of issuing copies to the public, renting, lending, showing and otherwise communicating copyright works to the public. Section 21 deals with \u201cadaptations\u201d of the copyright work.<\/p>\n

These cases are the latest examples of how somewhat \u2018analogue\u2019 laws cope with next generation technology as it advances through artificial intelligence.\u00a0 The courts can be expected to assess the comparative material, typically involving a side-by-side comparison of the works, and the degree to which the adapted work differ from the source material.<\/p>\n

If you would like advice or to speak to someone regarding\u00a0intellectual property matters and disputes, please contact Robert MacGinn<\/a>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Written by Robert MacGinn<\/a>, <\/span>\u00a0Partner at <\/span>Laytons ETL<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>

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