Judge upholds class action copyright case against AI image generation companies

Stability AI, Midjourney, DeviantArt and Runway AI accused of copyright violations

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Judge upholds class action copyright case against AI image generation companies
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Judge upholds class action copyright case against AI image generation companies

Artists suing four prominent AI image generation companies in a class-action lawsuit were given a boost this week when a US district judge, William Orrick, denied the companies' motion to dismiss the case.

In February 2023, visual artists Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, Karla Ortiz, Hawke Southworth, Grzegorz Rutkowski, Gregory Manchess, Gerald Brom, Jingna Zhang, Julia Kaye and Adam Ellis filed clas...

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