Stable Diffusion copyright lawsuits could be a legal earthquake for AI

Re:Stable Diffusion copyright lawsuits could be a legal eart... by Bedon292 on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:22AM (#35424052)

The tricky bit is that those stock photos include generative images too. Many of which aren't labeled as generative. So I wonder if theirs is already including potentially problematic content.

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Re:Stable Diffusion copyright lawsuits could be a legal eart... by yencabulator on Monday April 03, 2023 @01:59PM (#35428465)

I would be surprised if they hadn't externalized that risk when they started their stock photo library.

Generally, whenever a company buys a photo, there's a release form where the claimed-author of the photo has to state that they own the rights to the photo. So, the infringement is on the part of the seller, and you have a high barrier to sue Adobe for that.

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Re:Stable Diffusion copyright lawsuits could be a legal eart... by dragonwriter on Monday April 03, 2023 @04:19PM (#35430679)

> So, the infringement is on the part of the seller, and you have a high barrier to sue Adobe for that.

No, you don’t, Adobe just has a low barrier to suck the source of the image into the case as an additio al defendano and a potential additional de¹1¹fense against any claim of willful infringement.

OTOH, Adobe would like potential plaintiffs to think that it works the way you describe.

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