Amended Complaints Filed in Copyright Cases in United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Summary
After the order by United States District Judge William Orrick (N. D. Cal.) dismissing many copyright claims against AI image generators in Andersen v. Stability AI, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on November 29. As discussed last month, Judge Orrick allowed plaintiffs to amend the complaint to address some issues, such as specifying which copyrighted images are involved and providing more definite allegations of whether the generated images are “substantially similar” to the original works and should be considered derivatives of those works. The new complaint includes some “visually similar” examples of specific works, but largely reiterates similar claims as the previous complaint. Beyond the issues identified by Judge Orrick, the amended complaint adds additional plaintiffs and a new defendant.
