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Anders v. Stability AI copyright case

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Copyright suit against Stability AI over image model training, dismissed by the Western District of North Carolina.

The case

Court
US District Court, Western District of North Carolina
Docket
1:25-cv-00451
Filed
Dec 29, 2025
Status
Dismissed
Outcome
The court granted Stability AI's motion to dismiss and later denied motions to alter the judgment and for fees.

History

4 dated entries
OrderMay 6 · 6mo agoORDER denying 31 Motion for Attorney FeesSource
RulingMay 6 · 6mo agoORDER denying 30 MOTION to Alter or Amend JudgmentSource
OrderDec 29, 2025 · 10mo agoOrder denying motion to alter judgmentSource
FilingDec 29, 2025 · 10mo agoComplaint filed: Anders v. Stability AI US Services CorporationSource
CopyrightActiveDec 14 · in 35dDow Jones sued v. PerplexityThe Wall Street Journal and New York Post publishers say Perplexity copies their articles to answer questions.Telephone conferenceS.D. N.Y.filed Oct 2024CopyrightActiveUnverifiedDec 17 · in 38dCarreyrou sued v. Anthropic PBCSued for copyright infringement.Motion to dismiss hearingN.D. Cal.filed Dec 2025CopyrightActiveJan 12, 2027 · in 64dJamendo sued v. NVIDIAJamendo alleges NVIDIA used its music catalog to train audio AI models without permission.Initial case management conferenceN.D. Cal.filed Jun 2026CopyrightActiveJul 26, 2027 · in 9moHendrix sued v. AppleAuthors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson allege Apple trained its OpenELM and Apple Intelligence models on pirated books from the Books3 dataset; later consolidated with Martinez-Conde and Alexander v. Apple.Further case management conferenceN.D. Cal.filed Sep 2025CopyrightActiveAug 31, 2027 · in 10moGetty Images sued v. Stability AI (N.D. Cal.)Getty refiled its US copyright and trademark claims over Stable Diffusion training in California after its Delaware case stalled on jurisdiction.Dispositive motion hearingN.D. Cal.filed Aug 2025CopyrightActiveUnverifiedfiled Oct 2026Dow Jones & Company, Inc. sued v. Bradstreet & Company, Inc.Sued for copyright infringement.S.D. OhioCopyrightActiveUnverifiedfiled Oct 2026Elsevier Inc. sued v. Meta Platforms, Inc.Sued for copyright infringement.N.D. Cal.CopyrightActivefiled Sep 2026UMG Recordings sued v. Suno (II)A second label suit against Suno covering about 60,000 additional works, filed parallel to the original 2024 case.D. Mass.
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Anders v. Stability AI US Services Corporation

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