''Mona Lisa with Wine': A Moscow court refused to protect copyright…
''Mona Lisa with Wine': A Moscow court refused to protect copyright on images created by a neural network.
Consensus
- The Moscow court denied copyright protection for AI-generated images of 'Mona Lisa with wine,' and 'Statue of Liberty with wine'.
- The court determined that inputting and refining prompts for the neural network was a technical, not creative, process.
- The images were not considered original works under copyright law because the user's contribution was deemed insufficiently creative.
- The court noted that the concepts of the images (Mona Lisa with wine, Statue of Liberty with wine) had already been used in art and media.
- The case involved the sale of merchandise (t-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, thermoses) featuring the AI-generated images.
Points of divergence
- Russian courts have previously recognized copyright on AI-assisted works when the human author could prove their creative input via original files, such as in a deepfake video and a 3D dental implant image. — tvrain
- In 2025–2026, courts protected AI-generated images for product cards where AI created backgrounds and details, provided the designer's original files were submitted. — tg_theinsider
- A court previously ruled that modifying someone else's photograph using Stable Diffusion constituted copyright infringement. — tvrain
- In case № A56-52652/2124, a court found that using Stable Diffusion to generate an image based on a photograph of the plaintiff constituted copyright infringement, even though the AI was used. — tg_theinsider
Coverage (3 sources)
- Court in Moscow refused to protect copyright on images created by neural network — Дождь
- In Moscow, court did not recognize as creative work the Mona Lisa with wine generated by AI — Вести
- Mona Lisa with Wine': Moscow Court Refused to Protect Copyright on Images Created by Neural Network — The Insider