Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from January 2026
To kick off 2026, there were some big developments arising from two copyright cases in addition to two new AI copyright lawsuits being filed—bringing the number of total AI and […]
Copyright in Congress: 2025 Year in Review
In 2025, the 119th Congress began a new session, reintroducing copyright bills from prior Congresses in addition to introducing completely new pieces of copyright-related legislation. Most Congressional activities in 2025 […]
AI Copyright Lawsuit Developments in 2025: A Year in Review
The rapid development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) models over the past few years has given rise to now over 70 infringement lawsuits by copyright owners against AI companies. While […]
Copyright Cases: 2025 Year in Review
In 2025, most of the headlines about copyright lawsuits focused on AI copyright cases. While some big developments occurred in those cases, there were also a few key non-AI copyright […]
Bringing Law and Order to the AI Wild West
To anyone who has been following AI copyright-related news lately, it is crystal clear that we are entering the next chapter of the AI and copyright story—the licensing phase. The […]
Amicus Briefs in ‘Thomson Reuters v. Ross’ Case Urge Application of Established Standards of Copyrightability, Fair Use
In late November, a diverse group of copyright owners, legal and economic scholars, and AI researchers submitted amicus briefs in support of Thomson Reuters (TR) in its ongoing infringement case […]
Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from November 2025
Licensing discussions between AI companies and copyright owners has been on the upswing, especially since the settlement in the Anthropic case was announced. In November, there was game-changing news on […]
Why AI Opt-Out Systems Don’t Work
Throughout the history of the United States, our copyright system has always been an opt-in system. That means if someone wants to use a copyrighted work, they have to get […]
Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from October 2025
In October, there was yet another landmark settlement in a major AI copyright case, and the filing of multiple new copyright infringement cases against AI companies—bringing the total number of […]
Three Copyright Principles to Apply in AI Infringement Cases
As we quickly approach 60 copyright infringement lawsuits filed against AI companies, it is useful to understand three basic, incontrovertible copyright principles that will be applied by the courts in […]
