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Getty Images wins UK court ruling in AI copyright/trademark case against Stability AI
Getty Images Holdings, Inc.
- UK court rules Stability AI's Stable Diffusion infringed Getty Images trademarks; rejects user-liability defense.
- Court finds Getty Images' copyright-protected works were used to train Stable Diffusion, a key finding for US case.
- Precedent set: AI models considered intangible articles subject to copyright infringement claims.
- Getty Images to use UK ruling findings in its separate US litigation against Stability AI.
- Getty urges governments to adopt stronger transparency rules for AI training data to protect creators.