Stability AI pushes back at Getty with cake analogy in UK copyright appeal
By Patricia Figueiredo ( November 11, 2026, 18:40 GMT | Insight) -- Stability AI challenged Getty Images' UK copyright appeal with a cake analogy on Wednesday, comparing Getty's argument to treating a cake as an “infringing copy” of a recipe because the chef had photographed it before baking. The appeal concerns whether an AI model trained abroad can be an infringing copy without containing the protected images used in training.Stability AI urged UK' appeal judges on Wednesday to reject Getty Images' copyright challenge, arguing that copies made during the training of its AI models are distinct from the finished systems....
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