Class Action Complaint Against Companies Midjourney Inc., Stability AI and DeviantArt
Summary
A class action complaint was brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against companies Midjourney Inc., Stability AI and DeviantArt alleging direct and vicarious copyright infringement, violation of the DMCA, rights to publicity, unfair competition and a breach of DeviantArt’s terms of service. According to the complaint, the training of AI on publicly available but copyrighted data and images exceeds permissible fair use under copyright law.
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