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Hi all- Professor Lee's post has links to a useful summary of this case, so I only want to call out one point that I found especially interesting in the decision. One of the most specious -- and prevalent -- arguments raised by those who do not wish to acquire consent from creators for AI use relates to tokenization. The argument is that converting text and storing it as tokens somehow "does not involve make copies." This argument has always seemed intellectually dishonest. Argue "fair use" if you want a defense (and are in a fair use jurisdiction and think you can prevail), but do not use smoke and mirrors to present magic as a factual assertion. Here is the court's view: "That these works may be contained in Stable Diffusion as algorithmic or mathematical representations – and are therefore fixed in a different medium than they may have originally been produced in – is not an impediment to the claim at this juncture."

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Law prof. AI, IP, BTC, crypto, DeFi, art, music, digital assets, finance. The Original Public Meaning of Investment Contract. Authorship in the Age of AI. AI and the Sound of Music. ChatGPTiseatingtheworld.com

BREAKING NEWS: Judge Orrick denies motion to dismiss copyright and Lanham Act claims in Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI. Allows copyright claims on outputs/compressed copies and active inducement theories (in addition to the training copies, which were not a part of the motion to dismiss). Major win for Sarah Andersen and the other artist plaintiffs. DMCA CMI claims dismissed with prejudice. Contract theories dismissed with prejudice. Unjust enrichment dismissed with leave to amend. All told, a major win for Sarah Andersen and the other artist plaintiffs. Got the federal claims they wanted most. Discovery is next. Buckle up. 💺 Download PDF court order in the link below. 👇🏽 https://lnkd.in/g65F8S5M

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Insightful!

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