Getty Images largely lost its lawsuit against Stability AI, with the judge dismissing most copyright claims.
This ruling is also highly relevant to the music AI cases (e.g. record monopolists vs. Suno). The court ruled AI models don't store copies of training data. The court also distinguished between training process and outputs; trademark infringement only when Getty watermarks appeared in outputs, not from the training itself.
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Getty Images largely lost its lawsuit against Stability AI, with the judge dismissing most copyright claims.
This ruling is also highly relevant to the music AI cases (e.g. record monopolists vs. Suno). The court ruled AI models don't store copies of training data. The court also distinguished between training process and outputs; trademark infringement only when Getty watermarks appeared in outputs, not from the training itself.