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Getty Images refiles lawsuit v. Stability AI in ND California. Adds copyright dilution to theory of harms.
Read more: Getty Images refiles lawsuit v. Stability AI in ND California. Adds copyright dilution to theory of harms.Getty Images sued Stability AI for copyright infringement on Feb. 3, 2023, where the case languished without much activity. Well, finally, Getty is moving forward with the case. But it’s doing so only by voluntarily dismissing the Delaware lawsuit refiling its complaint in the Northern District of California, which it did on August 14, 2025.…
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First copyright trial for AI company set for June 9 in UK High Court. Getty Images v. Stability AI.
Read more: First copyright trial for AI company set for June 9 in UK High Court. Getty Images v. Stability AI.The irony of ironies is that, despite the 41 copyright lawsuits against AI companies filed in the United States, the UK High Court will hold the first trial involving AI generators in Getty Images v. Stability AI. The trial starts today, June 9, before Justice Joanna Smith, and is slated for 3 weeks. From the…
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Getty Images to merge with Shutterstock
Read more: Getty Images to merge with ShutterstockGetty Images and Shutterstock are planning to merge into a company valued at $3.7 billion, a response in part to the disruptions caused by AI. According to the WSJ, Getty CEO Peters said: “We think, when you combine that with AI, there is upside on the AI front, not downside.” “Paul [Hennessy] and I firmly…
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Justice Joanna Smith rules Getty UK copyright lawsuit v Stability AI can proceed
Read more: Justice Joanna Smith rules Getty UK copyright lawsuit v Stability AI can proceedOn Dec. 1, 2023, Justice Joanna Smith ruled that Getty Images’ UK copyright lawsuit against Stability AI, the company that created the AI image generator Stable Diffusion, can proceed. For the claim involving alleged infringement based on the training and development of Stability’s AI model, the court considered an interesting question whether any of the…