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Reported first Chinese copyright-infringement case concerning AI drawing-model training reaches hearing

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Beijing Internet Court WeChat account / Republication by The Paper

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Republication of a court hearing account by Dong Wenjia and Ren Huiying. Parties anonymized; not an original complaint or judgment. “Nationwide first” is retained only as part of the original title, not an editorially confirmed fact.

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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 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.

ChinaIllustration / Visual artEVT-0214

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