Summary
Getty Images (US), Inc. sued Stability AI, Ltd. in the Northern District of California, alleging unauthorized use of millions of its copyrighted images to train the Stable Diffusion AI model. The case invokes the Copyright Act, mirroring parallel UK proceedings under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 where Getty pursued primary and secondary infringement claims but abandoned the primary training claim due to lack of UK activity and lost on secondary infringement[1][2][3]. It tests core AI training liability issues amid related global litigation, including a UK High Court ruling rejecting Getty's secondary copyright claims in November 2025[1][4].
Case details
- Court
- NDCA
- Docket number
- 3:25-cv-06891
- Filed
- Aug 14, 2025
- Status
- Active
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