Federal Judge Advances Key Claims in Artists' Lawsuit Against AI Art Generators
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Artists suing AI art generators have achieved a significant victory in their lawsuit over the unauthorized use of copyrighted images downloaded from the internet. A federal judge has allowed copyright infringement and trademark claims to move forward, finding that the AI tool in question may have been built using copyrighted works and with the intent to facilitate infringement. Claims against the companies for breach of contract and violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act were dismissed. The case will now move to discovery, where the artists hope to uncover details about how the AI firms harvested copyrighted material for training their AI systems. The outcome of this lawsuit could have implications for the future use of AI in the movie-making process and the legal issues surrounding copyright infringement and AI-generated works.A lawsuit filed by artists against generative artificial intelligence art generators has seen progress, as a federal judge has allowed key claims to move forward. U. S. District Judge William Orrick found that Stable Diffusion, an AI tool created by Stability, may have been built partly on copyrighted works and with the intention to facilitate infringement.
The judge dismissed claims related to breach of contract and unjust enrichment, as well as violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The case will proceed to discovery, where the artists hope to gather information about how AI firms harvested copyrighted material. The lawsuit revolves around the LAION dataset, which allegedly used billions of internet images to train AI systems.
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Federal Judge Advances Key Claims in Artists' Lawsuit Against AI Art Generators
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