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Generative AI and creativity: A quick analysis of US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image generated with Midjourney In the middle of 2022, three significant AI text-to-image generators were made available to the public: Dall-E 2 (April 2022), Midjourney (July 2022), and Stability Diffusion (August 2022). For simplicity, I will label this ‘commercial significant artistic creativity’.

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On repatriation: Questions of copyright ownership and management of repatriated cultural heritage materials

The IPKat

In July 2022, the Governments of Nigeria and Germany executed a Joint Declaration regarding the repatriation to Nigeria of ancient Benin bronzes looted during the colonial era. His work alludes to important questions about the propriety of embodying ownership and control of cultural heritage materials in a federal government agency (i.e.,

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Preserving Indian Culinary Creations; A Perspective Through Copyright

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction India has a rich culinary legacy, in recent times, the growth of Indian cuisine has seen a tremendous commercial surge both domestically and internationally which has led to an increased need for the protection of recipes to ensure their authenticity and provide ownership rights to the actual creator of the recipe.

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Generative AI and Copyright – Some Recent Denials and Unanswered Questions

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Thaler included several new legal theories to suggest that his contribution to the Creativity Machine, such as his ownership and prompting of the software, would establish a human component of authorship. Shortly following the Thaler decision, another artistic work created with generative AI was denied copyright protection.

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Can We Reexamine the Role of Blockchain in Copyright Now?

Plagiarism Today

Support derivative projects from the community pic.twitter.com/g4QnF6YZBp — Spice DAO (@the_spice_club) January 15, 2022. For almost as long as the blockchain has existed, supporters and advocates of it have claimed it would revolutionize the way we consume art, handle copyright disputes and earn revenue from artistic works.

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Interaction Between Ai And Copyright : Who Has The Copyright In Ai?

IP and Legal Filings

Image Sources : Shutterstock] Copyrightability In Indian Context Copyright is a legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works. Hence, the trainer also has strong claims for ownership of AI. [10] 5] In USA, the court in the case of Fiest Publication Inc. SYDNEY, Oct.

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Copyright Infringement Case Concerning Photos of Jennifer Lopez Gets Dismissed: An Overview of the August Image LLC v AirG Inc Decision

IPilogue

On April 5 th 2022, the Federal Court released its decision for August Image LLC v AirG Inc , a copyright infringement action concerning images of singer-actress, Jennifer Lopez. 2022 FC 470: [link]. 2022 FC 470: [link]. Federal Court Dismisses Copyright Claim Due to Plaintiff’s Failure to Establish Ownership: [link].