How to ensure privacy and copyrights for images generated via Dall-e

Question

Hi, I had a couple of questions on generating images using Dall-e in Azure open AI studio:

1. Is the data input to Dall-e including input images by default private ?
2. How can we ensure that the generated image is a) copyright safe i.e. no one else has copyright on complete image or portion of the image and b) how do we get copyrights on the generated image.

More specifically, is there a specific contract/agreement we can enter into with Azure/MS for ensuring copyrights on the generated images?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Nishant Singh Greetings & Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum!

Please see below answers to your queries.

Is the data input to Dall-e including input images by default private ?

Please note that, The data input to DALL-E, including input images, is by default private. As mentioned in the Data, privacy, and security for Azure OpenAI Service documentation, your prompts (inputs) and completions (outputs) are not available to other customers, OpenAI, or used to improve OpenAI models or any Microsoft or third-party products or services

How can we ensure that the generated image is a) copyright safe i.e. no one else has copyright on complete image or portion of the image and b) how do we get copyrights on the generated image.

Please see the FAQs for more details.

How do I obtain coverage under the Customer Copyright Commitment?

The Customer Copyright Commitment is a provision to be included in the December 1, 2023, Microsoft Product Terms that describes Microsoft’s obligation to defend customers against certain third-party intellectual property claims relating to Output Content. If the subject of the claim is Output Content generated from the Azure OpenAI Service (or any other Covered Product that allows customers to configure the safety systems), then to receive coverage, customer must have implemented all mitigations required by the Azure OpenAI Service documentation in the offering that delivered the Output Content. The required mitigations are documented here and updated on an ongoing basis. For new services, features, models, or use cases, new CCC requirements will be posted and take effect at or following the launch of such service, feature, model, or use case. Otherwise, customers will have six months from the time of publication to implement new mitigations to maintain coverage under the CCC. If a customer tenders a claim, the customer will be required to demonstrate compliance with the relevant requirements. These mitigations are required for Covered Products that allow customers to configure the safety systems, including Azure OpenAI Service; they do not impact coverage for customers using other Covered Products.

More specifically, is there a specific contract/agreement we can enter into with Azure/MS for ensuring copyrights on the generated images?

As per my understanding, you can use the images generated by Azure OpenAI DALL·E commercially but it depends on the terms of use.

As mentioned above, The Customer Copyright Commitment outlines Microsoft's obligation to defend customers against certain third-party intellectual property claims relating to output content. This commitment is part of the Microsoft Product Terms and requires customers to implement all mitigations required by the Azure OpenAI Service documentation

Also, see Microsoft Generative AI Services Code of Conduct for more details.

Do let me know if that helps or have any other queries.

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