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Understanding the Pearson v. Chegg Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Plagiarism Today

In short, it’s claiming that Chegg, in many cases, either directly copies the content or creates a thinly veiled derivative work based upon it, both of which are violations of copyright law. Not Covered by Copyright: This is a likely argument where just the answers are presented.

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The clash of artistic rights: Warhol, Goldsmith, and the boundaries of copyright in Brazil and in the U.S.

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Goldsmith et al sheds light on different perspectives of copyright law in common law and civil law countries. This brief post dives into this duality, as exampled by American and Brazilian law. However, this may not be necessary in certain cases where copyright limitations apply.

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Artists Attack AI: Why The New Lawsuit Goes Too Far

Copyright Lately

Over the past week, the plaintiffs’ lawsuit has been the subject of thousands of articles which have largely parroted the complaint’s key talking point: that AI image generators are nothing more than “ a 21st-century collage tool that remixes the copyright works of millions of artists whose work was used as training data.”

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The FTC’s Misguided Comments on Copyright Office Generative AI Questions

Patently-O

We, who have been writing and teaching about copyright law and how it has responded to challenges posed by new technologies for decades, were among those who submitted comments, see [link]. In addition, conduct that may be consistent with the copyright laws nevertheless may violate Section 5. That is far too hasty.

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The Battle Over Poker NFTs

Plagiarism Today

In that apology, Butz admitted he was “clearly ignorant about copyright laws and got defensive when it was brought to my attention.” ” The case raises questions of fair use and whether the new paintings were transformative enough to be non-infringing or if they were simply derivative works.

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