Another Chinese Court Finds that AI-Generated Images Can Be Protected by Copyright: The Changshu People’s Court and the ‘Half Heart’ Case

On 7 March 2025, the Changshu People’s Court (in China’s Jiangsu province) announced that it had recently concluded a case on the topical issue of whether AI-generated works can be protected by copyright. In the case, a plaintiff surnamed Lin used the AI tool Midjourney to create an image, and then Photoshop to further refine it….
By: DLA Piper