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Anthropic, Meta fair use rulings in AI training expose judicial split on market harms
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Anthropic, Meta fair use rulings in AI training expose judicial split on market harms
Recent US copyright rulings on Gen AI model training disputes suggests plaintiffs may need to build stronger cases around ‘market dilution’ harms, write McKool Smith lawyers Avery Williams and Joseph Micheli
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Getty Images v Stability AI: landmark copyright trial at the UK High Court
High Court battle between image library and Gen AI company could have huge implications for AI development and copyright owners in the UK, writes Finnegan’s lawyer Varuni Paranavitane
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