# Getty Images faces London AI firm in court

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/getty-images-faces-london-ai-firm-in-court/
- Published: 2026-11-11T15:02:27+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T15:24:00+00:00
- Original publisher: City AM (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.cityam.com/getty-images-faces-london-ai-firm-in-court/
- Topics: AI, Business, Entertainment, Film, Technology, TV

## Key points

- Getty is appealing a largely unfavourable ruling in its case against Stability AI.
- The dispute concerns UK copyright law and models trained overseas.
- Getty’s limited trademark win covered older models and isolated examples.

## Summary

Getty Images is challenging a UK court ruling in its copyright dispute with London-based Stability AI. The appeal centres on whether a model trained abroad on copyrighted images can count as an “infringing copy” when brought into the UK, even if it does not store those images.

Getty alleges Stability AI used millions of its images to train Stable Diffusion without permission. Stability argues the images were downloaded and stored outside the UK, so UK copyright law does not apply. A High Court judgment largely favoured Stability; Getty won only a limited trademark claim relating to older models and isolated examples. The appeal is being heard over two days, as Getty also pursues restructuring after filing for US bankruptcy last month.

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