In a House of Representatives Cabinet Committee that took place on April 16th, 2025, in Japan, lawmakers brought up and weighed in on the issue of copyright compliance when it comes to these AI-generated photos. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology Strategy Officer Nakahara Hirohiko says that the final decision of whether these users have violated copyright infringement depends on the country’s courts, reports state.
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