NVIDIA’s $19.93 billion acquisition of Hugging Face, a platform for sharing open source models as well as datasets, just got a bit more complicated. Hugging Face, one of the defendants in a copyright suit filed by the car imagery producer EVOX Productions, failed to answer the complaint after reportedly being served with a summons.
After EVOX Productions requested a default judgment against Hugging Face, the Clerk of the court granted it.
The other defendants — Stability AI, Runway AI, and Deviant Art — all answered the complaint. So the case against them proceeds.
It’s unclear whether the court will determine any damages award against Hugging Face immediately or instead stay that decision until later, such as when the parties have a chance to contest how many images of EVOX Productions were used.
other default judgments
This is not the first default judgment in the AI copyright litigation. Default judgments were obtained in Atlantic Recording v. Anna’s Archive and Apress v. Anna’s Archive in the Southern District of New York.