Class action lawsuit against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt over intellectual property infringement
Class action lawsuit filed in San Francisco against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt for intellectual property infringement related to AI art generators. Artists claim the companies violated copyrights by using web content without approval or compensation, seeking damages and an injunction to prevent further harm. Allegations include direct copyright infringement, vicarious infringement, DMCA violations, rights of publicity infringements, unlawful competition, and breach of terms of service.
Three artists have launched a class action lawsuit in San Francisco, USA against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt, creators of artificial intelligence (AI) art generators, alleging intellectual property rights infringements.
The artists argue that the producers of AI art generators violated the copyrights of millions of users by scraping the web to train their art algorithms without getting approval from content owners or giving credit or compensation. As such, they are seeking damages as well as an injunction to prevent future harm from the AI tools in question.
The lawsuit alleges direct copyright infringement, vicarious copyright infringement related to forgeries, violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), violation of class members’ rights of publicity, unlawful competition, and a breach of terms of service.
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