This week, the Supreme Court ruled in Moody v. Netchoice re: social media moderation. I really liked LLRX’s article on navigating online risks of minors. Finally, Ars Technica had a nice article on a recent hearing in the copyright case against the Internet Archive’s digital lending practices. Moody v. Netchoice Navigating Online Risks for Minors…
Category: Copyright
Links for Week of June 28, 2024
This week, two of the AI-powered sites for music generation, Udio and Suno, had lawsuits filed against them by Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Records. A Hat tip to John Welch for linking to a great article on Amazon’s quiet overhaul of the trademark system. Finally, I liked Professor Guadamuz’s post on the…
Links for Week of May 17, 2024
This week, I liked Tyler Ochoa’s guest blog post on the copyright case decided last week by the Supreme Court. Along with introducing a new Lord of the Rings movie, Warner Brothers had to apologize for mistakenly taking down a 15-year old fan film. Finally, something to keep an eye on – a new version…
Links for Week of May 10, 2024
This week, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that damages in copyright cases can, in the right circumstances, go back further than three years. The claim needs to be timely made, and then the damages can go back further than the normal 3-year statute of limitations. As expected, TikTok’s owner sued the government over the “foreign…
Links for Week of April 19, 2024
This week, the Copyright Office granted a registration to a work generated by AI – but limited to the “selection, coordination, and arrangement of text generated by artificial intelligence.” This is in line with prior decisions requiring a human author, as the registration is limited to what the human author contributed. Also, I liked Evan…
Links for Week of April 12, 2024
This week, a surprise announcement of a bipartisan federal data privacy bill was quite interesting. Many prior efforts have gone by the wayside. The movie industry is again asking for new legislation to block websites dealing in pirated movies. Finally, I liked Professor Guadamuz’s essay on the end of online mobs. American Privacy Rights Act…
Links for Week of April 5, 2024
This week, I liked a post at Today’s General Counsel about preparing clients for upcoming copyright litigation over AI. I thought it was good advice for anyone to look at their copyright holdings and try to assess how vulnerable these assets are. Speaking of copyright, I liked Mike Masnick’s post about forgotten books. I also…
Links for Week of March 1, 2024
This week, the Supreme Court held oral arguments regarding online speech in the Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton cases. I liked Professor Guadamuz’s article on the challenges with voice cloning. On March 21st, I’ll be speaking to the DuPage County Bar Association’s Business Law Committee on the subject of “IP And IT Due…
Links for Week of February 23, 2024
This week, more came out about the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). The 4th Circuit ruled to block a $1B copyright verdict from 2019 against an ISP, Cox Communications. I also liked a Verge article about Robots.Txt files. KOSA Copyright Robots.Txt files
Links for Week of February 16, 2024
This week, there was an interesting ruling in the case against OpenAI brought by authors. And, the Ohio law requiring “parental consent” for the use of social media by minors was held to be unconstitutional. Finally, the EU’s Digital Services Act takes effect tomorrow. Copyright and OpenAI Ohio Social Media Law EU’s Digital Services Act