In a pivotal copyright infringement lawsuit, a judge ruled that visual artists' lawsuits against well-known AI image and video generation companies can proceed and enter the discovery phase. The artists accuse these companies of using their works without permission to train AI models, including Midjourney, Runway, Stability AI, and DeviantArt. The crux of the case is whether the AI companies constitute 'induced infringement.' The judge indicated that the allegations are strong enough to warrant further investigation.

Today, the Beijing Internet Court heard a case regarding the infringement of personal rights due to AI-generated voices, ultimately ruling in favor of the plaintiff. The plaintiff, Yin XX, is a voice actor who discovered that his voice had been digitized and was being sold on a platform operated by the defendant, a smart technology company.

The Beijing Internet Court recently heard two cases of 'AI face-swap' software infringement, marking Beijing's first such case. Plaintiffs Liao and Wu, who are models for traditional Chinese short videos, accused the operator of a 'face-swapping' app of using their videos to create face-swap templates without authorization, and offering them for paid use on the app, thus infringing upon their portrait rights and personal information rights.

The Guangzhou Internet Court's ruling on the AI services infringing on the copyright of Ultraman has come into effect. The defendant infringed on the plaintiff's Ultraman work copyright during the provision of AI services. The court ordered the defendant to pay 10,000 yuan in economic damages. This is the world's first effective ruling on generative AI service infringement.

Digital watermarking combined with artificial intelligence accelerates the resolution of copyright infringement cases. Courts will obtain more evidence from the integration of digital watermarking and artificial intelligence. The use of more complex watermarks will lead to faster and more accurate solutions. Artificial intelligence can expedite the resolution of 3D printing copyright disputes and optimize processes before online copyright infringement hearings.

The Beijing Internet Court adjudicated a copyright infringement case involving AI-generated images, with the defendant ordered to compensate the plaintiff 500 yuan. The plaintiff used the open-source software StableDiffusion to generate the images in question and published them on the Xiaohongshu platform. The defendant used the images without permission in an article on Baijiahao, removing the plaintiff's signature watermark. The court determined that the images in question meet the definition of a work, qualifying as an artistic piece protected by copyright. The defendant infringed upon the plaintiff's right to attribution and their right to disseminate information via the internet.

The Beijing Internet Court has held the first public trial of the country's first AI voice infringement case, where a voice actor sued Magic Sound Workshop APP, Microsoft, and four other defendants. The plaintiff discovered that their voice work had been transformed by AI and sold on the Magic Sound Workshop APP. The plaintiff accuses the defendants of infringing on their voice rights and demands an end to the infringement as well as compensation for losses. All five defendants deny the infringement, each claiming legal sources. The case is still under further trial.

The Beijing Internet Court has reached a first-instance judgment on the AI-generated image copyright infringement case, stating that AI-generated images possess originality and are protected by copyright law. When generating images, the intellectual contribution comes from humans rather than the model. As long as the human intellectual input reflects originality, it should be entitled to copyright. This ruling holds significant implications for copyright protection in the field of AI-generated images.