In a court case in China, a Shanghai district court has ruled that AI prompts do not qualify as copyrightable works.
The Huangpu District People’s Court found that the six sets of prompts created by a visual art company for use on Midjourney lacked sufficient originality and individuality to be considered “expressions” protected under copyright law. The court held that the prompts were abstract creative ideas and instructions rather than artistic expressions showing personal judgment.
As a result, the court dismissed all of the plaintiff’s claims against two defendants accused of using the same prompts to generate similar images on Xiaohongshu and in published materials. [TechNode reporting]
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