This week, I liked the commentary on AI and Copyright protection that Timothy Lee posted at Ars Technica. Dr. Guadamuz had an interesting take on whether one of the authors of a comic book could place the entire work into the public domain, testing the limits of joint ownership. Also, there was interesting reporting on…
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Links for Week of September 15, 2023
This week, the antitrust trial against Google got underway. I liked Cathy Gellis’s article at Techdirt about the DC Circuit case involving Public Resource. Further, I thought it was interesting that Volkswagen changed its mind about having its own TLD. Antitrust Copyright Top Level Domains
Links for Week of August 25, 2023
This week, the EU’s Digital Services Act is taking effect. We shall see how well enforcement fares. Also, Judge Howell in the DC Circuit sided with the Copyright Office that works created solely by AI are not eligible for copyright protection. EU’s Digital Services Act AI and Copyright
Links for Week of August 18, 2023
This week, there was a lot of discussion over the case filed against the Internet Archive for its digitization of 78 RPM records and placing those recordings online. 78 RPM Record Digitization by Internet Archive
Links for Week of August 4, 2023
This week, there was a lot of discussion over Canada’s new law requiring publishers to be paid when their news articles are linked to by search engines and social media companies. I also liked Professor Grimmelmann’s forthcoming article with Katherine Lee and A. Feder Cooper on copyright and generative AI. Canadian Publisher Payment Law Copyright…
Links for Week of July 21, 2023
So what has your AI been trained upon? A group of authors requests that their copyrighted works not be used for that purpose. Further, for many years American military emails (.MIL) have been mis-sent to Mali (.ML) due to typos. Now, that domain is being transferred back to that country’s control. Finally, I was very…
Links for Week of July 14, 2023
This week, I liked that John Welch posted Professor McCarthy’s take on the Jack Daniels Supreme Court case. I also liked Evan Brown’s post regarding copyright and AI creation, specifically whether a human could be a joint author with the AI. Thought provoking for sure! Jack Daniels v. VIP Products Copyright and AI
Links for Week of June 23, 2023
This week, an interesting post by Evan Brown on who owns a social media account used by a business as well as by an individual. I also liked guest posts by Professors Tyler Ochoa and Lisa Ramsey regarding the recent Supreme Court cases in Warhol and Jack Daniels. Social Media Account Ownership Copyright Trademark Parody
Links for Week of May 26, 2023
This week, more on the Supreme Court’s decision in the Warhol case. Further, CISA published a useful guide for reducing the risk of ransomware. And, Meta was hit with a record privacy fine (1.2 billion Euros) over GDPR compliance. Copyright and Fair Use Ransomware Privacy
Links for Week of May 19, 2023
This week, the Supreme Court issued decisions in the much-watched Twitter v. Taamneh and Gonzalez v. Google involving Section 230, as well as the fair-use Copyright decision involving the Andy Warhol estate. More commentary to come, but in the meantime here are links to the decisions. Section 230 Copyright