Intellectual Property,
Technology
Aug. 14, 2024
U.S. judge allows copyright infringement trial against AI companies
U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick's decision was a notable win for authors, artists, and others suing AI companies for copyright infringement as these lawsuits have seen limited success in the courts.
Months after largely dismissing the complaint as "defective," a federal judge in San Francisco reversed course and allowed trial on copyright infringement claims against Stability AI, Midjourney, DeviantArt, and Runway AI, artificial intelligence firms accused of training their machine learning models on protected works.
U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick's decision was a notable win for authors, artists, and others suing AI companies for copyright infringement a...
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