Getty drops primary claims against Stable Diffusion in AI lawsuit after 'failing to establish a sufficient connection between the infringing acts and the UK jurisdiction for copyright law to bite'

The burgeoning world of AI tech is currently the centre of controversy and confusion around the world. On the one hand we have wonderful uses for AI like making our PC gaming even better, or hunting down bugs, and on the other we have… well... all the other stuff. AI art is particularly contentious as it's trained off the hard work of others without their consent or compensation which is why it's no surprise we're seeing interesting twists and turns in lawsuits like what's happening with image database company Getty's claims against Stability AI.

Getty Images began legal proceedings in the UK against Stable Diffusion, Stability AI's art tool back in January 2023. It claimed that Stability AI was trained on millions of copyrighted images to deliver its results Getty stated that the AI's images were incredibly similar to copyrighted pictures, including stating that some of the generated images even had watermarks still attached.

"Secondary infringement is the one with widest relevance to genAI companies training outside of the UK, namely via the models themselves potentially being ‘infringing articles’ that are subsequently imported into the UK," Maling said.

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