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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Those versed in the intersection between IP rights and technology know that computer programs protection has always caused inevitable frictions IP law. Additionally, all proprietary and open source software licensing rely on copyright protection. However, there is no unanimity about how to technically defined them (see here ).

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Are AI models’ weights protected databases?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

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.

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-12-04

Barry Sookman

'Out of step with other nations': Canada's Crown copyright laws in need of an overhaul, say library associations [link] 2021-12-01. Getting ready for Quebec’s Bill 64 privacy law impacts on outsourcing [link] 2021-12-02. Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-11-27 [link] 2021-11-28. 'Out

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A vanishing right? The Sui Generis Database Right and the proposed Data Act

Kluwer Copyright Blog

But for anyone who had expected the Data Act to include a revision of the Database Directive — an ambition that the Commission had signalled in both the 2020 Data Strategy and the 2020 Intellectual Property Action Plan — the final proposal will be a major disappointment. A right that shall not be exercised.

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Opinion of the European Copyright Society on selected aspects of the proposed Data Act

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The European Copyright Society posted an opinion on selected aspects of the proposed Data Act. 35) to reduce the availability of IP rights over some datasets is welcome. However, its drafting is flawed and risks creating even more fragmentation in the laws of Member States. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

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). This is now set to change. All-purpose TDM.

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A “pro-innovation” agenda: the UK Government’s Approach to AI and Digital Technology

LexBlog IP

” Government should announce a clear policy position on the relationship between intellectual property law and generative AI to provide confidence to innovators and investors. labelling) on generated output to support right holders of copyrighted work.