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Beijing Internet Court hears four illustrators’ cases against AI drawing software online
The Beijing Internet Court held online hearings in four illustrators’ cases against developers and operators of AI drawing software. Plaintiffs alleged unauthorized training and generation services infringed their rights and sought cessation and removal of related learning results. Developers and operators raised defenses including fair use and absence of substantial similarity; the platform denied supplying works or participating in the disputed conduct.
Research question
Illustrators bring training, generation services, and labor effects of style substitution before courts; defendants’ fair-use, substantial-similarity, and participation defenses are retained.
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ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. “Trik AI / Four illustrators sue drawing-model developers and operators over alleged training infringement.” case-0129. Include this page’s URL and your access date when citing.