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Stability AI, creator of the popular Stable Diffusion technical AI tool, scored a major victory against Getty Images on Tuesday in a British legal battle over materials used to train AI models. The case originally looked set to lead to a landmark ruling on AI and copyright in the UK, but it took a hit and failed to set any clear precedent for the big question dividing AI and creative companies: whether AI models need permission to train on copyrighted works.
The case, which was first filed in 2023, is the first major AI copyright claim to reach the High Court in England, although the ruling offers little clarity for other AI companies and rights holders. Getty originally pursued the basic issue of training on copyrighted material but decreased It’s the middle of the trial, largely because the evidence is weak.
Getty, which has a large archive of photos and video, He filed a lawsuit against stability in 2023 Because it “illegally” collected millions of images to train its software. In it to ruleSupreme Court Justice Joanna Smith found for Getty that Stability had infringed its trademark by creating images featuring its watermarks. Smith rejected Getty’s claim of secondary copyright infringement as “Stable Diffusion does not store or reproduce” any copyrighted works.
Her lawsuits are among many copyright issues between AI companies and creative companies over how generative models are made. Anthropy recently Agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of composers and Universal Music decreased It claims its copyright against AI startup Udio as part of a strategic deal to launch an AI-powered music-making platform.