This week, OpenAI released Sora2, a video-generating AI. Professor Guadamuz calls it the end of copyright as we know it. California’s governor signed their AI law into effect. Finally, I liked Stephen Embry’s essay about AI and language. Sora 2 Release California’s AI Law Dear Chat GPT: Words Matter
Category: Copyright
Links for Week of September 26, 2025
This week, more discussion was had regarding the proposed Anthropic AI settlement. President Trump signed an executive order approving the TikTok deal. Finally, a story about a copyright troll that had to pay up before it could be dismissed from the case it filed. 🙂 Proposed Anthropic AI Settlement TikTok Deal Copyright Troll Has To…
Links for Week of September 19, 2025
This week, we learned that Anthropic will not let Claude be used for domestic surveillance. The Internet Archive has reached a confidential settlement in its copyright lawsuit over the Great 78’s collection. Finally, I liked Professor Guadamuz’s musings on the future of AI and Copyright. Anthropic’s Permitted Uses for AI Internet Archive Settles Copyright Case…
Links for Week of September 12, 2025
This week, the judge in the Anthropic copyright case expressed skepticism over the $1.5 Billion settlement offer, especially considering the damages are estimated to be over $1 Trillion. I liked Cathy Gellis’ article about her amicus brief in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment, addressing platform liability for copyright infringement. Finally, Warner Bros. sued Midjourney…
Links for Week of August 29, 2025
This week, news broke that a settlement is near in the case multiple authors brought against Anthropic for the use of their copyrighted works in training the AI model. A wrongful death lawsuit was brought by the parents of a teen who committed suicide, alleging that ChatGPT encouraged the teen to do so. I have…
Links for Week of August 15, 2025
This week, Meta has apparently backtracked on its rules regarding interactions between minors and their chatbots. Also, thanks to some bad actors who like to scrape Reddit to train their AI models, Reddit had to stop allowing the Internet Archive from covering Reddit. Those AI firms were blocked from scraping Reddit, and so they turned…
Links for Week of August 1, 2025
This week, Meta was accused of torrenting porn to train its AI models, per a new lawsuit. I liked Professor Guadamuz’s post on Copyright and AI in the UK. Finally, I see that Professor Grimmelmann updated his Information Property textbook, and Professor Goldman updated his Internet Law casebook. Both are great resources. Meta Torrenting Allegations…
Links for Week of July 4, 2025
This week, I liked Corynne McSherry and Katharine Trendacosta’s article on the NO FAKES Act. Professor Goldman issued a post about the Supreme Court’s decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton. Finally, Cloudflare announced this week that it will begin charging AI crawlers. Posting will be light for the next two weeks due to external…
Links for Week of June 27, 2025
This week, Anthropic’s use of copyrighted works to train its Claude AI model was ruled a fair use. Further, the court documents revealed that they destroyed millions of books to do so. In another fair use case, this time with Meta, Llama’s use of copyrighted works was adjudged to be fair use. However, it may…
Links for Week of June 20, 2025
This week, President Trump extended the TikTok ban again, for the third time, despite not providing any legal justification for such an extension. Marty Schwimmer blogged about a Northern District of Illinois Judge who is reassessing all of his Schedule-A cases. Finally, a look at the Trump Administration’s recent executive order which dismantles many of…