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Navigating User Lawfulness in European Copyright Law: From Lawful Use to Lawful Access

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image created by AI The concept of lawfulness in relation to user status or user acts has been gradually established in EU digital copyright law as a condition for the enjoyment of certain copyright exceptions. In the Copydan judgment, the CJEU was more explicit regarding the conditions governing the lawful source.

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Taming the ‘LAION’: Lessons for Harmonising AI and Copyright Law

SpicyIP

She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Text and Data Mining under §44b of the German Copyright Act (“the Act”) §44b acknowledges TDM as a limitation on an author’s copyright, thereby constituting use permitted by law. LAION logo.

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Safeguarding Access to Culture in the Digital Era in European Copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image created using AI Digitalization has transformed the way in which we obtain access to copyright-protected content and for how long we can preserve access. The subscribers successors in law do not inherit the subscription and, therefore, their access to the content is not guaranteed. For an overview, see here and here ).

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Copyright Law's Nuances Pose Challenges To AI Music Suits

IP Law 360

The rise of music created by artificial intelligence is introducing new challenges to copyright law, especially when AI-generated songs can sound strikingly similar to the works the technology is trained on.

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Sheet Music v. Sound Waves: When Old Copyright Law Meets Modern Music

Patently-O

The petition raises questions about judicial deference to administrative interpretations and the scope of copyright protection for musical compositions under the 1909 Copyright Act. Structured Asset Sales, LLC v.

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Generative AI and Copyright Law, Part Two: Fair Use and Infringement Risks

JD Supra Law

Copyright Offices latest report on generative AI and copyright law. They dive into the high-stakes legal questions surrounding the use of copyrighted content to train AI models, including hot-button issues like model weights and. By: Mayer Brown

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[Guest post] ‘Ghiblification’ and the Moral Wrongs of U.S. Copyright Law

The IPKat

Copyright Law by Angela Chung Do everything by hand, even when using the computer. Unfortunately, the law does not currently provide a means for us to address those ethical questions. Case law has typically dealt with the physical destruction of tangible artistic works, such as famous murals being painted over.