This week, Bloomberg published an interesting overview on the copyright liability for using generative AI. In antitrust news, the FTC filed its case against Amazon this week. And, the FCC announced its intention to try to return to prior positions on Net Neutrality. Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Antitrust Net Neutrality
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Links for Week of September 22, 2023
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…
Links for Week of September 8, 2023
This week, there was an interesting controversy over DMCA takedowns issued against a Chicago-based entity, the Museum of Classic Chicago Television. They’d posted old episodes of Bewitched as they’d aired on Chicago television, but faced takedowns issued by Sony that threatened the future of their YouTube channel. To read more about how it was resolved,…
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 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 2, 2023
This week, a group of AI researchers issued a warning regarding mitigating the risk of extinction caused by AI. Further, security expert Bruce Schneier summarizes the articles coming out recently about a report detailing Chinese hacking of the US critical infrastructure. Note – due to external obligations, the next post will be the week of…
Links for Week of May 12, 2023
I was quoted this week in a Rolling Stone article by Miles Klee re: Utah’s new age verification law for adult websites. I also liked Dr. Guadamuz’s article re: copyright infringement claims against the owners of the LAION AI dataset. Also, please be sure to register for next Wednesday’s Privacy Law Update webinar. Rolling Stone…
Links for Week of April 7, 2023
This week, lawsuits over AI generated artwork are in the news, as well as some good commentary about them. I liked the Ars Technica article, as well as the EFF’s post, linked below. Copyright and AI