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The Beijing Internet Court held online hearings in four illustrators’ cases against developers and operators of AI drawing software. Plaintiffs alleged unauthorised training and generation services infringed their rights and sought cessation and removal of related learning results. Developers and operators raised defences including fair use and absence of substantial similarity; the platform denied supplying works or participating in the disputed conduct.
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The Beijing Internet Court held online hearings in four illustrators’ cases against developers and operators of AI drawing software. Plaintiffs alleged unauthorised training and generation services infringed their rights and sought cessation and removal of related learning results. Developers and operators raised defences including fair use and absence of substantial similarity; the platform denied supplying works or participating in the disputed conduct.
“Implemented” refers only to the hearings taking place, not a finding of infringement. The court account is anonymized; the Trik AI name is matched through Southern Metropolis Daily reporting. Four cases are treated as related research files, not a verified consolidated class action. Pending status reported in 2024 is not presented as current status in 2026.
Editorial research question
Editorial interpretation: illustrators bring training, generation services, and labour effects of style substitution before courts; defendants’ fair-use, substantial-similarity, and participation defences are retained.
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The Beijing Internet Court held online hearings in four illustrators’ cases against developers and operators of AI drawing software. Plaintiffs alleged unauthorised training and generation services infringed their rights and sought cessation and removal of related learning results. Developers and operators raised defences including fair use and absence of substantial similarity; the platform denied supplying works or participating in the disputed conduct.
SRC-0214Lines 12–31: source attribution, online hearings, four cases, claims and defences, and pending status.
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SRC-0215Lines 6–50 and 68: Trik AI, defendants’ names, procedural dates, complaint reporting, and illustrator interviews.
Beijing Internet Court WeChat account / Republication by The Paper · ZH · 2024-06-20
Southern Metropolis Daily Privacy Protection Team / Sohu · ZH · 2024-06-21
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