[josephg]

> This doesn't seem too complicated to me. An AI trained on images that produces a new image even if in same style as the source database is not violating copyright

Yeah, software "doesn't seem too complicated" to non-programmers too.

No offense, but if you aren't a lawyer then your opinion on legal matters has about as much veracity as a dentist explaining how software is made.

I have a certain amount of scorn for non-engineers telling me how their app idea is a weekend job and I should do it for free. I'm sure lawyers feel the same way about us when we claim there are easy answers around stable diffusion and copyright law.

The AI was trained without permission on copyrighted data. If it was as cut and dry as you claim then why do both parties think its worth going to court?

I don't know much about the law, but I know enough to recognise when its a job for the lawyers to figure out.