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A comment on High Court rules that Getty vs. Stability AI case can proceed.

Re:High Court rules that Getty vs. Stability AI case can pro... by rvz on Friday December 08, 2023 @11:19PM (#38578537)
Very predictable and unsurprising. Stability knew they needed a license for training on Getty's copyrighted images given the presence of their watermark. OpenAI partnered with Shutterstock for that case with DALL-E to avoid this legal headache.

The fair use excuses here are absolutely weak in Stability's case and this will only end with a licensing deal being made.

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Re:High Court rules that Getty vs. Stability AI case can pro... by surfacedetail on Saturday December 09, 2023 @05:14AM (#38580487)
>The fair use excuses here are absolutely weak in Stability's case and this will only end with a licensing deal being made.

There's no fair use in the UK, and this decision is preliminary on whether the case should proceed.

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Re:High Court rules that Getty vs. Stability AI case can pro... by ascorbic on Saturday December 09, 2023 @06:14AM (#38580885)
The equivalent concept is fair dealing https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exceptions-to-copyright
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Re:High Court rules that Getty vs. Stability AI case can pro... by surfacedetail on Saturday December 09, 2023 @06:37AM (#38581052)
I know, I'm a lawyer. Fair dealing is closed-ended, and the TDM exception doesn't apply to StabilityAI as they're not a research institution, their best defence is that the training didn't take place in the UK, or that any copies were transient.
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