AI-Generated Image Copyright Case Closed: Simple Prompts Do Not Constitute Works

According to Legal Daily, the Suzhou Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu Province recently issued a final ruling in a copyright dispute over AI-generated images. The court ruled that the images of the "Illusion Wings Transparent Art Chair" series, generated by plaintiff designer Feng Moumou using AI software, do not constitute works in the sense of copyright law. The court therefore rejected Feng's lawsuit against the defendants, Zhu Moumou et al., for infringement. Plaintiff Feng Moumou created a series of art chair images using an AI image generation software and published them on social media seeking mass production cooperation. Defendant Zhu Moumou contacted the plaintiff seeking cooperation but was refused. Afterwards...