Exactly, the quarrel here is between the users of Stable Diffusion, some of which are deliberately, legally speaking with intent (prompt crafting to get a specific output demonstrates clear intent), trying to use Stable Diffusion to produce images that are highly derivative of and may or may not be declared legally infringing works of another artist, and the artists who’s works are being potentially infringed upon.
You can’t sue Canon for helping a user take better infringing copies of a painting, nor can you sue Apple or Nikon or Sony or Samsung… you can sue the user making an infringing image, not the tools they used to make the infringing image… the tools have no mens rea.
You can’t sue Canon for helping a user take better infringing copies of a painting, nor can you sue Apple or Nikon or Sony or Samsung… you can sue the user making an infringing image, not the tools they used to make the infringing image… the tools have no mens rea.