Traverse Legal Blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

Introduction to AI Governance: Why It Matters As we stand on the precipice of the AI Revolution, artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a powerful transformative force. AI governance policies set forth the framework of principles, policies, and procedures that guide its use.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2023

Celebrities have objected to this because it interferes with their personal lives and their right to privacy. Image Sources : Shutterstock] Protection Under Copyright Act, Licensing & Contractual Issues for the Celebrities A celebrity is a well-known person. The Indian Copyright Act of 1957 forbids and punishes acts of piracy.

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As some have noted , the government says the companies are stealing content if they link and blocking content if they don’t. It also raises press independence concerns , may violate Canada’s international copyright obligations , harm the competitiveness of independent media , and open the door to t rade retaliation by the United States.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 8, 2023

Introduction to AI Governance: Why It Matters As we stand on the precipice of the AI Revolution, artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a powerful transformative force. AI governance policies set forth the framework of principles, policies, and procedures that guide its use.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 25, 2024

“Is offshoring the training of AI a credible and efficient response to minimize copyright compliance risks or is offshoring merely a theoretical argument designed to both influence lawmakers and for government relations purposes?” Artificial Intelligence (AI) is global, and copyright laws are national.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 3, 2022

The government assured citizens that only illegal content would be blocked and the blacklist could even be supervised by an independent citizen monitoring group. In the event, telecoms regulator Roscomnadzor appointed itself supervisor but the government did keep its word to block only illegal content, by making more and more content illegal.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

All claim to be the best, but some are more privacy-conscious than others. When it comes to privacy and anonymity, an outsider can’t offer any guarantees. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words. That includes copyright infringement.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Image by Andreas Grönberg from Pixabay In Canada, the Federal Government has just announced a $2.4 Over the same period, however, the government’s messaging around Canada’s AI- copyright policy has been anything but consistent. billion package of measures “to secure Canada’s world-leading AI advantage.”

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

These issues include the propriety of using copyright protected materials to train AI models and the patentability and copyrightability of AI output. The US Patent Office and the US Copyright Office have both undertaken initiatives to address some of these issues. Copyright Office. government.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 10, 2023

While entrepreneurs and the public at large are mostly focused on the new possibilities the technology offers, many copyright holders are focused on potential threats. but the RIAA mainly sees copyright troubles with the Amazon-hosted service. Voicify.ai On top of that, the voice models infringe the artists’ rights of publicity.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 28, 2024

Image via Pixabay The AI Law Proposal: general context and subject matter On 23 April 2024, the Italian government published the text of a draft law introducing regulatory provisions concerning the use of Artificial Intelligence systems to the Italian legal system (“AI Law Proposal”) ( here ).

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 27, 2022

House of Representatives will explore the leading role that Michigan has taken in addressing cybersecurity risks in state and local governments, as well as ways to promote data privacy despite the growth of biometric tracking systems.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 1, 2022

The platform, which has a strong privacy focus, is now the go-to file storage platform for millions of people. Twice a year Mega publishes a transparency report that reveals the volume of copyright complaints. Twice a year Mega publishes a transparency report that reveals the volume of copyright complaints. Repeat Infringers.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

One of the ways whereby the court aims to curtail misuse of the recordings of court proceedings is by claiming copyright on these recordings. In this post, SpicyIP intern Niyati Prabhu discusses the issues surrounding access to law and the dilemma surrounding copyright. Niyati Prabhu is a second year student pursuing B.A.LL.B.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Advancing equity and civil rights when using AI in criminal justice, government benefits, hiring, and other areas. ” Safeguarding privacy including through evaluating commercial data use and advancing privacy-enhancing technologies. ” Improving government use of AI. .”

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination. This has led to varying degrees of copyright infringements in this digital era.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The EO prioritizes risks related to critical infrastructure, cybersecurity and consumer privacy but it does not establish clear directives on copyright issues related to generative AI platforms that have garnered much debate in Congress in recent months.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

While President Biden’s EO addresses risks related to critical infrastructure, cybersecurity and consumer privacy, it includes no mention of the myriad of copyright issues related to generative AI platforms that have garnered much debate in Congress in recent months.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 1, 2024

Source: European Copyright Society This blog post contains an edited version of the European Copyright Society’s Opinion on Case C-227/23, Kwantum Nederland and Kwantum België. Article 2(7) introduces a material reciprocity test, limiting copyright protection for works of applied art not protected in their country of origin.

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Intepat

JANUARY 5, 2024

However, it opens the gateway to anonymous pirates to duplicate copyrighted works and disseminate them online. Due to the fact that it is not practicable for copyright owners to detect and fine-tooth comb all the individual users, copyright owners depend on and hold liable the internet intermediaries that allow pirated works to exist.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2022

We begin with developments in the copyright field. In February , Kenya’s parliament passed the Copyright Amendment Bill 2021. Amongst other things, the Act also establishes a National Rights Registry (NRR ) , which is the central repository collating details pertaining to the ownership of various copyright works.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 21, 2022

lawmakers have considered options to update the DMCA so it can more effectively deal with today’s online copyright issues. A little over a year ago, he released a discussion draft of the “Digital Copyright Act of 2021” ( DCA ) a potential successor to the current DMCA. SMART Copyright Act of 2022. For years, U.S.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 30, 2024

In his non-binding opinion , CJEU Advocate General Szpunar described Hadopi’s access to personal data corresponding to an IP address as a “serious interference with fundamental rights,” the clearest sign yet that the right to privacy had already taken a blow. ” Pirate Privacy?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the third trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this edition, we update you on what has happened between July and September 2023 in EU copyright law. In this case, the video game publishers are the copyright holders for the video games in the entire EU and EEA.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 31, 2023

In this edition, key themes include creators and consumers seeking more control and protection over how their content is used to train AI models (whether under copyright law or privacy laws), and governments grappling with the delicate balance between overseeing and regulating AI development, and fostering innovation.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2024

In countries where internet access faces restrictions, from general government censorship through to more limited site-blocking programs to protect copyright, citizens have grown comfortable with the use of VPNs. Faced with an untenable situation, some VPNs threw in the towel and never looked back.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

And, as Aviv Gaon points out in The Future of Copyright in the Age of Artificial Intelligence : AI-authored writing may look like any other human text, but it has no ‘soul’. AI systems do not ‘understand’ Therefore, we should consider carefully if AI creations should be worthy of copyright protection? Arguably not.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The Congress is aimed at discussing six main topics and their relation to the Metaverse: the European Digital Acts, the Legal Status of Avatars and Digital Identity, Privacy and Personal Data Protection, Content and Conduct Moderation, Virtual Worlds as Markets and Cybersecurity. The deadline is set on the 20 December 2023.

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Intepat

JANUARY 25, 2024

A key player in this arena is Digital Rights Management (DRM), a technological solution designed to prevent unauthorized redistribution of digital media and uphold the copyright policies of streaming platforms. It also explores forensic watermarking, an essential component of DRM, crucial for identifying and curbing copyright violations.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2023

Some of these issues are specific to doing business with the government and others are broader issues that all companies face when using AI, and generative AI (GAI) in particular. As a result, many companies are developing corporate policies on employee use of AI. If you have not done so yet, now is a good time to get started.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Right To Publicity- A Constitutional Right The right of publicity stems from the right of privacy. But right to privacy only came to be recognised as a fundamental right in the year 2017 in the case of Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (retd.) Union of India and Ors. Nonetheless, in R. Rajagopal v. State of T.N., State of T.N.,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

Introducing Article 14 of the Copyright in Digital Single Market Directive (CDSMD) , the EU legislator made it mandatory across the 27 Member States to ensure that faithful reproductions of visual artworks belonging to the public domain remain free to circulate and be used across the Union.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

The author or creator of any theatrical, literary, creative, or musical work has an exclusive right to copyright. It was recently uncovered that numerous internet platforms are posting infringing content on their websites without the approval of the copyright owners. Legal Framework governing take down notice.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 21, 2023

This week in Other Barks & Bites: government officials from the European Union and United States celebrate a milestone for the EU-U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. But that undersells the level of inconsistency in courts’ interpretations of the law of copyright preemption. With that, any state or common law claim that is equivalent to copyright must therefore be preempted.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 27, 2022

It creates a third asset for creators to sell, in addition to any physical item and the work’s copyright. Governments Can’t Moderate Online Content. In 2021, governments lost several rulings over their online content moderation efforts. First, governments can never successfully operate a social media service.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2023

This Kat gave evidence at the Inquiry in the session focusing on the impact of AI on copyright and the creative industries (you can watch the session here ). Today, the Select Committee has published its interim report - The Governance of Artificial Intelligence: Interim Report (Ninth Report of Report of Session 2022-23, HC 1769).

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