When AI and Copyright clash: Chinese courts find AI platform liable for contributory copyright infringement based on AI generated images
By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/25
The Hangzhou Internet Court recently found a Chinese AI platform liable for contributory copyright infringement, after the platform allowed users to create, apply and share models enabling the AI generation of variations on clearly recognizable “Ultraman” images, thereby failing to implement necessary preventive measures. The judgment was appealed and the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court recently upheld the first instance verdict. In the first instance procedure, although the court...
By: Hogan Lovells