Getty Images v. Stability AI (Delaware) copyright case

US District Court, District of Delaware · 1:23-cv-00135 · filed Feb 3, 2023 · Dismissed

Getty claimed Stable Diffusion was trained on 12 million of its photos. Getty dismissed the Delaware case voluntarily in August 2025.

The case

Plaintiffs: Getty Images
Defendants: Stability AI
Court: US District Court, District of Delaware
Docket: 1:23-cv-00135
Filed: Feb 3, 2023
Status: Dismissed
Outcome: Voluntarily dismissed by Getty on 14 Aug 2025; case closed 18 Aug 2025

3 dated entries

Date	Entry	Type	Source
Aug 18, 2025	Order: CASE CLOSED per D.I. 69 .	Order	-
Aug 14, 2025	Ruling: NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Getty Images (US), Inc. (Vrana, Robert)	Ruling	Link
Feb 3, 2023	Filing: Complaint filed: Getty Images (US), Inc. v. Stability AI, Inc.	Filing	Link

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Caption and links

Getty Images (US), Inc. v. Stability AI, Inc.