AI Image Wars: the Battle over Copyright Images Reaches the Courts

AI Image Wars: the Battle over Copyright Images Reaches the Courts

Photo licensing agency Getty Images is suing Stability AI for copyright infringement.  The news comes after three artists filed papers in the US District Court of California allege that UK company Stability AI (and Ors), which uses artificial intelligence to generate images, “downloaded or otherwise copied billions of copyrighted images without permission”, to create its image generator software product Stable Diffusion.

What is a staff handbook, how does it work in China and the UK, and is it part of the employment contract? (Part two, Episode six)

What is a staff handbook, how does it work in China and the UK, and is it part of the employment contract? (Part two, Episode six)

Nicholas Lakeland, Employment Partner at Laytons and Donfil Huang, Legal Advisory Manager at Dezan Shira & Associates (DSA) share legal knowledge focusing on what is a staff handbook, and how does it work in China and the UK.

New government plans to make flexible working the default

New government plans to make flexible working the default

Flexible working practices have come to the fore during the Covid-19 Pandemic but until this week there has still been a very rigid framework for employees to be able to request working flexibly. A consultation entitled Making Flexible Working the Default was initiated by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in 2021 and the results have been published on 5 December 2022.