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Chinese court rejects copyright claims over AI prompts in landmark case

By MLex Staff ( November 17, 2025, 07:24 GMT | Insight) -- A Shanghai court has issued the city's first ruling on copyright claims tied to artificial intelligence prompt words, finding that the plaintiff’s prompts on Midjourney lacked originality and did not qualify as protectable expression.A Shanghai court has issued the city's first ruling on copyright claims tied to artificial intelligence prompt words, marking a shift in China’s legal focus from AI-generated outputs to intellectual property questions emerging at the input stage of AI systems....

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