The disputed image
On November 27, 2023, the Beijing Internet Court (BIC) ruled in an infringement lawsuit (Li v. Liu) that an AI-generated image is copyrightable and that a person who prompted the…
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In a statement made on 12 October 2023, the French collecting society Sacem, which represents most authors/composers and publishers of music in France, announced that it…
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New year’s fatigue? Or possibly AI fatigue? But the new year has only just begun! It does seem like the topic of AI and copyright was everywhere in the…
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The ongoing Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution has machine learning models at its core. Contrary to classic computer programs written by developers, many of…
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The two US class actions against Meta
We have previously analysed US class actions against Open AI (here) and Google (here) for unauthorized use of copyright works in the…
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In recent years, copyright departments in governments around the world have been preoccupied with AI’s effects on copyright industries and, more recently, copyright…
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Dear readers,
Happy new year!
Welcome to the fourth (and last) round up of EU copyright law for 2023! In this edition, we update you on what has happened in the…
Image generated from DALL-E 3 with the prompt 'ASEAN Ministers discussing the ASEAN AI Framework Guidelines during the ASEAN Summit 2024 in Bali, Indonesia.'
Setting the Scene
Much ink has been…
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In his classic work, ‘Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy’, Josef Schumpeter referred to the ‘waves of creative destruction’ to describe how monopoly rents…
