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Copyright Office Rejects Another Bid to Register Artwork “Co-Authored” by AI

LexBlog IP

On December 11, 2023, the Copyright Review Board affirmed the Copyright Office’s decision to reject Ankit Sahni’s application to register the AI-generated work depicted above. The Copyright Office opined that the work was a classic example of a derivative work in that it was a digitalization of a photograph.

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How Original! The Oscars and the Craft of Derivative Works

Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

In addition to the Oscar contenders, the majority of 2023’s highest grossing films , from Across the Spider-Verse to The Super Mario Bros Movie , were based on preexisting IP and adapted for the big screen. One aspect of copyright law that makes adaptations attractive is derivative works. How has this come to be? In Yonay v.

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Generative AI: Remunerating the human author & the limits of a narrow TDM Exception

Kluwer Copyright Blog

From the output side, the relevant issues are whether the output is copyright-protected, and whether it infringes the copyright of ‘works “ingested” during the training stage of the AI system’ ( see Quintais, here ; see also here and here ). However, TDM for commercial purposes under Article 4 may be opted-out ( see here ).

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No Free Use in the Purple Rain – U.S. Supreme Court Finds License of Andy Warhol’s “Orange Prince” Infringes Photographer’s Copyright

LexBlog IP

Upon failure to resolve the matter privately, AWF filed suit against Goldsmith, seeking a declaratory judgment that Warhol’s works did not infringe Goldsmith’s copyright in the original photograph, or, in the alternative, Warhol’s works constituted fair use of the subject photograph. [1] 1] See Andy Warhol Found.

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U.S. Copyright Guidelines for Works Containing AI-Generated Material

LexBlog IP

The guidelines offer clarification on copyright eligibility, authorship requirements, and the registration process for works that incorporate AI-generated material. Read Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence published on March 16, 2023 via the Federal Register or our summary below.

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Some Thoughts on Five Pending AI Litigations – Avoiding Squirrels and Other AI Distractions

Velocity of Content

This article was originally published in The Scholarly Kitchen. It is somehow different from the right to make transformative derivative works (where the word “transformed” is used in Section 101 ) such as film adaptations of books, which clearly require copyright owner consent. Case 1- Doe 1 v. GitHub Inc.,

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AI Generated Art and its conflict with IPR

IIPRD

This article delves into the ongoing debate around the issue of right of ownership of copyright by AI generators for their novel artwork. The ambit of IPR when it comes to recognizing these AI generators and whether they are also capable of copyright infringement by transforming other creators work has been discussed in detail in the article.

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