"The judge, Mrs Justice Joanna Smith, said the question of where to strike the balance between the interests of the creative industries on one side and the AI industry on the other was of very real societal importance. But she was only able to rule on relatively narrow claims after Getty had to withdraw parts of its case during the trial this summer."
"It had to drop its original copyright claim as there was no evidence the training took place in the UK. But it continued with its suit claiming Stability was still using within its systems copies of its visual assets, which it called the lifeblood of its business. It claimed Stability AI had infringed its trademarks because some AI-generated images included Getty watermarks, and that it was guilty of passing off."
A London-based AI firm, Stability AI, successfully resisted a claim from Getty Images that it had infringed Getty's copyright by using its images to train generative models. There was evidence Getty's images were used in training, and Stability was found to have infringed Getty's trademarks in some cases when AI-generated images included Getty watermarks. Getty dropped an original copyright claim because training did not occur in the UK, but continued alleging copies of Getty's visual assets remained within Stability's systems. The judge noted balancing creative industries' interests against the AI industry is of significant societal importance, while ruling on relatively narrow claims.
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