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Stability AI files reply to support motion to dismiss Getty Images’ complaint
Read more: Stability AI files reply to support motion to dismiss Getty Images’ complaintStability AI filed its reply in support of its motion to dismiss Getty Images’ complaint. DOWNLOAD STABILITY AI’S REPLY Related Stories
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UMG Recordings goes “all in” on AI. Announces 2d deal with Stability AI following deal with Udio.
Read more: UMG Recordings goes “all in” on AI. Announces 2d deal with Stability AI following deal with Udio.Here’s the press release: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP AND STABILITY AI ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TO CO-DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL AI MUSIC CREATION TOOLS SANTA MONICA, October 30, 2025 – Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment and Stability AI, the leading independent multi-modal generative AI company, today announced a strategic alliance to develop next-generation professional music…
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Stability AI moves to dismiss Getty Images’ complaint
Read more: Stability AI moves to dismiss Getty Images’ complaintStability AI moved to dismiss the complaint of Getty Images, in a case now in the Northern District of California. Excerpts from Stability AI’s brief: DOWNLOAD THE MOTION TO DISMISS OF STABILITY AI
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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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Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI parties file Joint Case Management Statement as case assigned to Magistrate Judge Lisa Cisneros for discovery
Read more: Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI parties file Joint Case Management Statement as case assigned to Magistrate Judge Lisa Cisneros for discoveryFinally, the parties in Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI are headed for discovery. They filed their Joint Case Management Statement. Judge Orrick assigned the case to Magistrate Judge Lisa Cisneros for discovery. This was the first copyright lawsuit filed after the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. It is noteworthy in that Judge Orrick allowed the plaintiffs…
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Defendants file Answers in Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI
Read more: Defendants file Answers in Sarah Andersen v. Stability AIAll four defendants filed their respective answers to Sarah Andersen plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint in Andersen v. Stability AI. Stability AI Runway Midjourney Deviant Art
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Getty Images says Stability AI refuses to commence discovery in Getty Images v. Stability AI
Read more: Getty Images says Stability AI refuses to commence discovery in Getty Images v. Stability AIThe docket in Getty Images v. Stability has been dormant for over 2 months. Now we may know why. Getty Images submitted a letter to Judge Jennifer Hall, alleging that “Defendants have refused to participate in a Rule 26(f) conference or to otherwise commence merits discovery.” The letter doesn’t indicate Stability’s position, but it presumable…
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James Cameron, famed director, joins Stability AI board
Read more: James Cameron, famed director, joins Stability AI boardJames Cameron, the director of Avatar, Titanic, Terminator 2, and other movies, has joined the Board of Directors of Stability AI. From the press release: James Cameron, Chair of LIGHTSTORM and Board Member of Stability AI, said: “I’ve spent my career seeking out emerging technologies that push the very boundaries of what’s possible, all in…
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Did comments by former Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque and Midjourney CEO David Holz come back to bite them in Sarah Andersen case?
Read more: Did comments by former Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque and Midjourney CEO David Holz come back to bite them in Sarah Andersen case?In his order partly denying the motion to dismiss the copyright claims in Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI, Judge Orrick found it plausible that the alleged comments of former Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque supported the plaintiffs’ theory that Stable Diffusion’s model stores “compressed copies” of the training images and the comments could even support…