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Stability attacked Getty’s claims, leaving the image publisher struggling to conclude the hearing on a high note. The AI company presented arguments on the relevance of foreign evidence to the UK case, the commercial use of watermarks, and offered rebuttals of consumer confusion and economic harm claims. Marisa Woutersen reports.
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It has taken 15 years to warm the pot, but with the AI opt-out plan, EU rightsholders are finally cooked, comments Kurt Van Damme of a Belgian copyright collecting society.
Public policies such as the NO FAKES Act should be the backbone of a system that supports—not exploits—musicians, argues Frank Cullen of the Council for Innovation Promotion.
Our tendency to give large language models human attributes has dangerous implications for business and society, argues Roanie Levy of the Copyright Clearance Center.
As AI technology advances, its impact on global copyright—with major litigation and potential new regulation on the cards—will ramp up this year, write Charlotte Fleetwood-Smith and Rebecca Pakenham-Walsh of Fieldfisher.
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Disputes with AI start-ups used to revolve around copyright infringement but the tech's hallucinations have thrown trademarks into the mix, says William Stroever of Cole Schotz.
More AI patents are being allowed due to revised guidelines introduced this year that set out specific criteria, says Hengwei Zhou of CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office.
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It may have led to the end of two distinguished careers, so why was the report so controversial, and will any of it be enacted? Marisa Woutersen reports.
ROSS Intelligence bid pays off in dispute with Thomson Reuters | First case of its kind to reach any Circuit court | “Future innovation in AI depends on a finding of fair use in this instance”, argues ROSS.
Court of Appeal blocks Getty’s attempt to include CSAM in Stability AI lawsuit | Judge says claim came too late despite mentioning “violent and pornographic” outputs from Stable Diffusion | Trial resumes at the High Court.
UK government passes data legislation but rejects amendments to protect creators’ work from AI data scraping | Government to treat matter separately with ongoing consultation and eventual AI legislation | Rejection is a “stunning rebuke” and “more process and nonsense”, says Baroness.
Judge rejected Getty Images’ attempt to amend its claim that Stability Diffusion could produce violent, pornographic, and CSAM images | Picture library turns to the Court of Appeal, previously claiming Stability was trying to avoid a “PR disaster”.
Stability claimed Getty’s legal team was cherry-picking outputs after “hammering away at the model” to create infringing evidence, finds Marisa Woutersen from the courtroom.
The picture library pulled no punches on day one of the trial, describing the defendant as "tech geeks so excited about AI" they ignored copyright law, reports Marisa Woutersen from the court.
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