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34 DePaul J. Art Tech. & Intell. Prop. L 124 (2024)
Aiming for Fairness: An Exploration into Getty Images v. Stability AI and Its Importance in the Landscape of Modern Copyright Law

handle is hein.journals/dael34 and id is 124 raw text is: AIMING FOR FAIRNESS: AN EXPLORATION INTO
GETTY IMAGES V. STABILITY AI AND ITS
IMPORTANCE IN THE LANDSCAPE OF MODERN
COPYRIGHT LAW
Matthew Coulter*
I.     INTRODUCTION
Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be a topic of conversation
no matter where you are, or what you do. All industries are
discussing the endless capabilities that Al possesses including
ways to increase productivity and perform menial tasks to make
the lives of the workers easier. By early 2023, various Al systems
had reached over 100 million registered users due to their
advertised capabilities and general interest.1 Al is constantly
advancing with the influx of funding, and the creation of new
companies, and has the potential to change several aspects of
modern life. The most commonly used type of Al technology is a
generative Al program. A generative Al program is a technology
that quickly creates content based on a prompt inputted by a user.2
Common everyday examples of Al include virtual assistants,
chatbots, and language translation tools. Generative Al is used to
do anything from answering basic questions to completing
administrative tasks, all with varying levels of complexity.3
Generative Al can help to speed up the process of searching for
new information, as well as streamlining and condensing the
* Matthew Coulter is 2025 DePaul University College of Law J.D. Candidate.
Matthew is a member of the Research and Writing Staff for the DePaul Journal
of Art, Technology and Intellectual Property. Matthew graduated magna cum
laude from Loyola University Chicago in 2022, where he received his Bachelor
of Science majoring in Cybersecurity and minoring in Computer Crime and
Forensics. Matthew is a member of the International Association of Privacy
Professionals and is pursuing privacy certifications.
1 See U.S. Government Accountability Office, Artificial intelligence 's use and
rapid growth highlight its possibilities and perils, GAO.gov (Sep 6, 2023),
https://www.gao.gov/blog/artificial-intelligences-use-and-rapid-growth-
highlight-its-possibilities-and-perils.
2 Id.
3 Id.

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