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Music production
fromThe Verge
11 minutes ago

A folk musician became a target for AI fakes and a copyright troll

AI-generated covers of public domain songs were uploaded to streaming platforms under Murphy Campbell's name, leading to copyright issues.
#copyright-law
Intellectual property law
fromThe IP Law Blog
4 days ago

Tropes Aren't Theft: What Freeman v. Wolff Teaches About Substantial Similarity in YA Fantasy Fiction

The court ruled that substantial similarity in copyright law requires more than just shared themes or ideas, emphasizing the importance of protectable expression.
Intellectual property law
fromArs Technica
1 week ago

Supreme Court rejects Sony's attempt to kick music pirates off the Internet

The Supreme Court ruled that ISPs like Cox cannot be held liable for users' copyright infringement without specific actions causing violations.
Intellectual property law
fromThe IP Law Blog
4 days ago

Tropes Aren't Theft: What Freeman v. Wolff Teaches About Substantial Similarity in YA Fantasy Fiction

The court ruled that substantial similarity in copyright law requires more than just shared themes or ideas, emphasizing the importance of protectable expression.
Intellectual property law
fromArs Technica
1 week ago

Supreme Court rejects Sony's attempt to kick music pirates off the Internet

The Supreme Court ruled that ISPs like Cox cannot be held liable for users' copyright infringement without specific actions causing violations.
fromThe IP Law Blog
1 day ago

The Briefing: Lemon Pound Cake and the First Amendment

The deputies' defamation claims failed under the 'actual malice' standard, which requires proof that the statements were made with knowledge of their falsity or with reckless disregard for the truth.
Law
fromFast Company
22 hours ago

HarperCollins is forging ahead with AI-assisted dramas based on books. Some authors have concerns

Toonstar's proven ability to translate beloved stories into engaging animation, while keeping artists at the center of the process, makes them the ideal partner to bring Friendship List and other popular titles to new audiences in formats today's families love.
Media industry
fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

Verdicts against Meta and Google may bring a new era of big tech accountability

"We appealed and appealed and lost every appeal. And then the case was ultimately dismissed."
US news
#3d-printing
#dmca
fromIrish Independent
2 days ago

Sky should drop 'greedy' legal action against dodgy box users, TD Paul Murphy says

Sky intends to use the information obtained from a court case to take legal actions against the resellers and some of the end users, marking the first time end users could face legal action.
EU data protection
#meta
fromTechdirt
1 day ago
Social media marketing

Meta Caves To The MPAA Over Instagram's Use Of 'PG-13,' Ending A Dispute That Was Silly From The Start

Law
fromwww.cnbc.com
1 day ago

Meta, Google under attack as court cases bypass 30-year-old legal shield

Meta and Google face legal challenges undermining their protections under Section 230, particularly regarding child safety and content moderation.
fromDigiday
5 days ago
Law

Media Buying Briefing: What will Meta's and YouTube's legal losses mean for the marketplace?

Meta and YouTube face liability for harming young users, but short-term impacts on ad sales are expected to be minimal.
fromArs Technica
4 days ago
Intellectual property law

Authors' lucky break in court may help class action over Meta torrenting

Meta faces potential harm to class members if contributory infringement claim is denied in the class action.
fromTechdirt
1 day ago
Social media marketing

Meta Caves To The MPAA Over Instagram's Use Of 'PG-13,' Ending A Dispute That Was Silly From The Start

Law
fromwww.cnbc.com
1 day ago

Meta, Google under attack as court cases bypass 30-year-old legal shield

Meta and Google face legal challenges undermining their protections under Section 230, particularly regarding child safety and content moderation.
Law
fromTNW | Insights
3 days ago

Meta and YouTube found liable in landmark social media addiction trial

A California jury found Meta and Google liable for treating social media platforms as defective products, awarding $6 million in damages.
Law
fromDigiday
5 days ago

Media Buying Briefing: What will Meta's and YouTube's legal losses mean for the marketplace?

Meta and YouTube face liability for harming young users, but short-term impacts on ad sales are expected to be minimal.
Video games
fromEngadget
3 days ago

MindsEye will litigate its own launch 'sabotage' controversy in DLC form

Build a Rocket Boy plans to reveal evidence of corporate sabotage in a new mission for MindsEye.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
4 days ago

Humans only! This website invites artists to animate anti-AI disclaimers for everyone to use

Artists created disclaimers against AI-generated content, showcasing diverse styles and emphasizing the human journey in art creation.
#openai
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
5 days ago

Digest: OpenAI Extends Ad Pilot Beyond April; X Ad Boycott Lawsuit Dismissed by US Judge; Disney+ Seals RTVE Fast-Stream Deal

OpenAI extends its ad pilot internationally, while a lawsuit against X over an ad boycott is dismissed, and Disney+ strikes a streaming deal with RTVE.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
5 days ago

Digest: OpenAI Extends Ad Pilot Beyond April; X Ad Boycott Lawsuit Dismissed by US Judge; Disney+ Seals RTVE Fast-Stream Deal

OpenAI extends its ad pilot internationally, while a lawsuit against X over an ad boycott is dismissed, and Disney+ strikes a streaming deal with RTVE.
Digital life
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

A Landmark Suit Against Meta and YouTube Opens the Floodgate for AI Litigation

A jury found big tech liable for addictive design features, establishing a precedent for legal action against social media companies for psychological harm.
#patent-law
fromPatently-O
2 days ago
Intellectual property law

Words That Stick: Prosecution Disclaimer Survives the Examiner's Rejection

fromPatently-O
1 month ago
Intellectual property law

First Possession and Intellectual Property: A Supplement for Property Law

First-to-file patent rules parallel Pierson's capture rule; IP regimes define possession differently: patent filing, copyright fixation, and trademark use determine priority.
Media industry
fromIndependent
1 day ago

Inside Sky's war on dodgy boxes: 'A member of the family who is a garda has one - half the station has them'

Media companies are considering legal action against illegal streaming, but public sentiment suggests users view it as a victimless crime.
Law
fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

Penalties stack up as AI spreads through the legal system

Lawyers face increasing sanctions for using AI-generated errors in legal briefs, with over 1,200 cases reported, including significant fines for fictitious citations.
Media industry
fromTheWrap
2 days ago

Creatorverse: Meta and Google's Child Safety Cases Will Impact Creators

Meta and Google face significant legal rulings regarding child safety on social media, prompting potential design changes and impacting the creator economy.
#ai-copyright-infringement
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

The Guardian view on changes to copyright laws: authors should be protected over big tech | Editorial

Writers are protesting unauthorized AI training on their work through labeling schemes and blank books, demanding government protection against copyright relaxation that would allow AI companies to use their content without consent or payment.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Thousands of authors publish empty' book in protest over AI using their work

Thousands of authors published an empty book protesting AI firms using their work without permission or payment, demanding government protection of creative copyright.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

The Guardian view on changes to copyright laws: authors should be protected over big tech | Editorial

Writers are protesting unauthorized AI training on their work through labeling schemes and blank books, demanding government protection against copyright relaxation that would allow AI companies to use their content without consent or payment.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Thousands of authors publish empty' book in protest over AI using their work

Thousands of authors published an empty book protesting AI firms using their work without permission or payment, demanding government protection of creative copyright.
#ai
fromFuturism
1 day ago
Intellectual property law

Anthropic Suddenly Cares Intensely About Intellectual Property After Realizing With Horror That It Accidentally Leaked Claude's Source Code

Intellectual property law
fromFuturism
1 day ago

Anthropic Suddenly Cares Intensely About Intellectual Property After Realizing With Horror That It Accidentally Leaked Claude's Source Code

Anthropic's copyright takedown request for its AI model's source code highlights hypocrisy in its stance on copyright laws.
#ai-copyright
Intellectual property law
fromKotaku
3 days ago

Nintendo Loses Yet Another Battle In Its Pokemon Patent Trolling

Nintendo's patent on character summoning has been rejected by a U.S. patent examiner, marking a significant setback for the company.
Privacy technologies
fromWIRED
1 month ago

The Piracy Problem Streaming Platforms Can't Solve

Piracy in MENA stems from structural barriers including lack of local platforms, payment access limitations, internet censorship, and historical perceptions of free online content rather than cultural preferences.
#uspto
Intellectual property law
fromReadWrite
2 days ago

FanDuel and DraftKings face Interactive Games patent lawsuit

Interactive Games LLC has filed lawsuits against FanDuel and DraftKings for patent infringement related to mobile wagering technology.
fromPatently-O
4 days ago

Disclosed but Still Secret? The Federal Circuit Weighs Patent Publications Against Trade Secret Claims

The technology at issue is a subcutaneous cosmetic penile implant, a silicone sleeve placed between the skin and 'Buck's fascia' to enhance girth and length.
Intellectual property law
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
4 days ago

WIPO in Focus: Beyond Treaties, Toward a Market-Driven IP System | IPWatchdog Unleashed

WIPO is not merely a distant UN bureaucracy; it is a dynamic, fee-driven organization that has been undergoing significant operational and cultural transformation in recent years.
Intellectual property law
#copyright
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

What you need to know about copyright issues surrounding generative AI

Generative AI boosts marketing creativity but creates complex copyright risks because models are trained on vast copyrighted datasets, prompting artist protests and lawsuits.
Intellectual property law
fromReadWrite
5 days ago

Judge denies NCAA request to block DraftKings in trademarks case

A federal judge allowed DraftKings to continue using NCAA branding but indicated the NCAA likely has a strong case against trademark infringement.
fromTheregister
1 month ago

AWS will not protect users from media codec patent holders

In a February 2 notification sent to relevant customers, the cloud giant says it is updating its Service Terms to specify it does not have "defense or payment obligations for third-party patent claims against you related to use of these services for audio/video encoding, decoding, or transcoding." The services in question are AWS Elemental MediaLive, AWS Elemental MediaConvert, Amazon Interactive Video Service, Chime SDK, Amazon GameLift Streams, and Amazon Kinesis Video Services.
Tech industry
#supreme-court
Intellectual property law
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Supreme Court makes it harder for music and movie makers to sue for copyright infringement

The Supreme Court ruled that internet providers are generally not liable for users' copyright infringement, even with knowledge of illegal downloads.
Intellectual property law
frompatentlyo.com
1 week ago

Knowledge Isn't Enough: The Supreme Court Rejects Expansive Theory of Secondary Copyright Liability

The Supreme Court ruled that ISPs cannot be held liable for users' copyright infringement solely based on knowledge of the infringement.
Intellectual property law
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Supreme Court makes it harder for music and movie makers to sue for copyright infringement

The Supreme Court ruled that internet providers are generally not liable for users' copyright infringement, even with knowledge of illegal downloads.
Intellectual property law
frompatentlyo.com
1 week ago

Knowledge Isn't Enough: The Supreme Court Rejects Expansive Theory of Secondary Copyright Liability

The Supreme Court ruled that ISPs cannot be held liable for users' copyright infringement solely based on knowledge of the infringement.
fromEngadget
1 week ago

Supreme Court rules ISPs aren't liable for subscribers' music piracy

Justice Clarence Thomas stated that a provider is not liable 'for merely providing a service to the general public with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe copyrights.' Liability arises only if the provider intended or actively encouraged the infringement.
Intellectual property law
fromRAIN News
2 weeks ago

BMG brings infringement lawsuit to Anthropic over AI training

BMG accuses Anthropic of raiding licensed music libraries MusicMatch, LyricFind, and torrent sites which themselves might be illegal containers of music.
Intellectual property law
#ai-copyright-policy
Intellectual property law
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Actors, musicians and writers welcome UK U-turn on AI copyright

The UK government reversed its plan to allow AI firms to use copyrighted work without permission, following widespread backlash from artists and creative industry organizations.
Intellectual property law
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 weeks ago

UK government puts brakes on opt-out copyright exemption for AI | Computer Weekly

The UK government abandoned its preferred opt-out copyright exemption for AI training after overwhelming public opposition, but remains open to alternative copyright reform approaches.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Government backtracks on AI and copyright after outcry from major artists

The UK government reversed its AI copyright policy allowing opt-out training of copyrighted works after creative industry backlash, now seeking a balanced approach without a preferred solution.
Intellectual property law
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
2 weeks ago

Organizations Warn Fast-Track of Bill to Separate Copyright Office from Library of Congress Would Be a 'Grave Mistake'

A coalition of consumer rights and library groups opposes fast-tracking H.R. 6028, which would separate the Copyright Office from the Library of Congress and restructure leadership appointments, urging regular legislative procedures to prevent unintended consequences.
Law
fromComputerworld
2 months ago

Spotify lawsuit behind shutdown of pirate library domains

Spotify and major labels sued, prompting shutdown of Anna's Archive domains after the archive backed up Spotify and scraped DRM-protected audio and metadata.
Intellectual property law
fromGlobal IP & Technology Law Blog
2 weeks ago

Federal Circuit Finds that Antivirus Software is Abstract and Remands for Alice, Step Two

Columbia University lost a Federal Circuit appeal of its $185 million patent verdict against Gen Digital, raising significant questions about subject matter eligibility and damages in modern patent litigation.
Intellectual property law
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

The Supreme Court Just Dealt a Crushing Blow to "AI Artists"

The US Supreme Court declined to hear a case on AI-generated art copyright, ruling that works without human creators cannot be protected, dealing a major blow to AI art legitimacy arguments.
Intellectual property law
fromEngadget
1 month ago

The Supreme Court doesn't care if you want to copyright your AI-generated art

The US Supreme Court declined to hear a case, allowing a lower court's rejection of copyright protection for AI-generated artwork to stand.
#ai-copyright-law
fromwww.socialmediatoday.com
1 month ago
Intellectual property law

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear AI copyright case

AI-generated content cannot be legally copyrighted because current copyright law requires human creators, as confirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear a case challenging this principle.
Intellectual property law
fromThe IP Law Blog
1 month ago

The Briefing: Vetter v. Resnik: When Copyright Termination Goes Global

The Fifth Circuit ruled that copyright termination under U.S. law cannot recapture foreign exploitation rights, limiting authors' ability to reclaim worldwide grants despite decades-old agreements.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 month ago

Copyright Office Report: Copyright Claims Board a Success, But Statutory Changes Needed for Efficiency

The Copyright Claims Board estimated that 'as much as three-quarters of its time is spent on the initial review of claims and amended claims and writing noncompliance orders explaining claim deficiencies,' according to the report. The U.S. Copyright Office on Friday released its report pursuant to the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act, finding that the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) is largely successful but that there is 'room for improvement in various respects.'
Intellectual property law
Intellectual property law
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Researchers Just Found Something That Could Shake the AI Industry to Its Core

A Stanford–Yale study finds major LLMs reproduce copyrighted works verbatim, contradicting claims that models merely learn rather than copy training data.
#fair-use
Intellectual property law
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Do brands own the copyright on AI-generated ads?

AI-generated brand imagery may lack copyright protection when created with minimal human input, creating legal uncertainty over ownership for marketers.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
2 months ago

Creators Launch Campaign to Counter Big Tech's Alleged AI Copyright Theft

The campaign argues that in the race for dominance in the new GenAI technology, some of the world's wealthiest tech companies, along with private equity-backed ventures, have engaged in a "massive rip-off" of creative content without authorization or compensation. According to the campaign, this practice "imperils U.S. jobs, economic growth and global 'soft power' supported by the U.S. creative industries." The campaign warns that this widespread infringement erodes the foundation of the U.S. entertainment industry and disincentivizes the creation of new works.
Intellectual property law
Intellectual property law
fromThe IP Law Blog
2 months ago

The Briefing: 2025 IP Resolutions Start With a Review of IP Assets (Featured)

Regular IP audits and proactive tracking of trademarks, copyrights, and patents protect and strengthen a company's valuable intellectual property assets.
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

Mr. Worldwide: Artist Prevails In Fierce Battle Over The Copyright Act's Reclamation Right - Above the Law

U.S. law permits artists to reclaim copyrights after statutory periods to correct initial imbalances and pursue fairer licensing agreements.
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