Testing the boundaries: AI training models and copyright laws
October 03, 2024
The Hamburg Regional Court has ruled in favor of LAION in the case of Robert Kneschke v LAION e.V., finding that the use by LAION – a non-profit organisation - of Kneschke’s photo for AI training benefited from the exception to copyright infringement for text and data mining for the purpose of scientific research under Section 60d UrhG (implementing Article 3 of the EU Copyright Directive).