Key holding or allegation
The court held that the user's iterative prompting, parameter choices, adjustment and selection were sufficient on the facts for copyright protection and human authorship.
Why it matters
Leading Chinese authority recognising copyright in a generative-AI image where substantial human creative choices were demonstrated.
Facts
Plaintiff generated an image through iterative prompts, parameter settings, adjustment and selection, and alleged unauthorised use by defendant.
Issues before the court
Whether the AI-generated image reflected sufficient human intellectual investment and personalised expression to qualify as a work and be attributed to the user.
What the court did not decide
Does not establish protection for all AI-generated images or recognise the AI model as an author.
Procedural timeline
Beijing Internet Court
Merits judgment: Stable Diffusion image held copyrightable where iterative prompts, parameters, adjustments and selection reflected sufficient human intellectual contribution and personalised expression.