A Global Phenomenon: The Creative Community’s Viral Outrage Against AI Theft
Over the past several weeks and months, we have posted several blogs that underscore the angry response by U.S.-based creators, creative industries, and others to AI companies’ ingestion of copyrighted […]
February 2025 Roundup of Copyright News
In February, several very significant developments unfolded in the courts with news publishers filing an AI copyright infringement suit and a court rejecting an AI company’s argument that their copying […]
Fair Use: A Uniquely American Concept That Should Not be Exported
Recently, the Government of the United Kingdom closed the comment period for its Copyright and AI Consultation, during which it proposed an unwarranted AI copyright exception (yet again). The proposal […]
First of Its Kind Decision Finds AI Training Is Not Fair Use
On February 11, a judge in the U.S. District Court of Delaware issued an opinion in a long-running AI copyright infringement case, rejecting the defendant’s fair use defense and finding […]
The Facts About Judicial Blocking of Foreign Piracy Sites
Large-scale piracy operations that dwell in foreign markets beyond the reach of US law are a persistent and growing problem. For instance, the US Chamber Global Innovation Policy Center found […]
Summary of the USCO Copyright and AI Report; Part 2: Copyrightability
On January 29, the U.S. Copyright Office released Part Two of its AI study, which analyzed issues surrounding the copyrightability of works that are partially or wholly generated by AI. […]
January 2025 Roundup of Copyright News
2025 started with a flurry of copyright-related activities, setting the tone for what may be a very active year ahead in the copyright world. Among other events, the U.S. Copyright […]
Summary of USPTO Anti-Piracy Symposium
On January 23, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosted an Anti-Piracy Symposium at its headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The symposium highlighted piracy issues and trends affecting […]
November 2024 Roundup of Copyright News
In November, a lawmaker introduced an important bill addressing AI transparency issues related to the use of copyright-protected works. Internationally, OpenAI faced new lawsuits filed by foreign creators and copyright […]
October 2024 Roundup of Copyright News
In October, the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) concluded the Ninth Triennial Rulemaking which established exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA) prohibition on circumvention of technological protection measures controlling […]