Copyright Law, Database Right, Intellectual Property Law and Licensing

The Jungle Bird, El Diablo, and the Zombie or Machine Learning Models, Computer Programs and Copyright put to the test

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2021

This is pertinent from a copyright perspective because the regime of protection granted by copyright will be different depending on whether the ML model qualifies as a computer program, as a mathematical method, or as another type of work. Additionally, all proprietary and open source software licensing rely on copyright protection.

Are AI models’ weights protected databases?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Much has been written about the legal challenges and qualifications of the training process (knowing whether it’s legally permissible to train these models on copyright-protected material) and the outputs of these models (especially if there is copyright in the results generated) see here , here , here and here.

The UK government moves forward with a text and data mining exception for all purposes

Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

As previously reported , between October 2021 and January 2022 the UK Intellectual Property Office held a public consultation on the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property laws (more specifically, copyright and patents). Users reported mixed experiences with licensing.

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The Jungle Bird, El Diablo, and the Zombie or Machine Learning Models, Computer Programs and Copyright put to the test

Are AI models’ weights protected databases?

The UK government moves forward with a text and data mining exception for all purposes

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