The UK High Court has ruled in favor of Stability AI in the Getty Images case, holding that the Stable Diffusion artificial intelligence model does not constitute « unlawful copying » of protected images. This interpretation represents a significant departure from the opinion published last May by the U.S. Copyright Office. On November 4, 2025, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales handed down its long-awaited decision in Getty Images (US) Inc. et al v. Stability AI Limited, the first UK case to deal directly with the training of a generative artificial intelligence model from protected images. The result is a disaster for Getty Images, which had invested millions of pounds in the lawsuit. « An AI model such as Stable Diffusion that does not store or reproduce any copyrighted…
