The IPKat

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Images generated using text-to-image technology, including DALL-E 2 , Midjourney , and Stable Diffussion , have become a main topic in AI. Not only do many express wonder about how these systems work, but there is even doubt whether such users even have rights to such outputs. So, a user types in the prompt and runs the program.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In early May, CCC hosted “ Workflow of the Future: Sustainable Business Models ,” the latest event in a series designed to help facilitate important conversations on critical topics related to standards. I’d argue that the AI wave is still coming in, and various parts of the content landscape are underwater.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Sharing copyrighted content online is certainly nothing new but over the years the sharing mechanisms have expanded to incorporate new methods of distribution. DB Corp offers its content via its official websites where a subscription model is deployed to generate income. Legal Action Targeting WhatsApp and Pirates.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 16, 2023

ACE says that a third of the site’s seven million monthly visits can be attributed to users in Germany, where Streamzz itself was based. “The shutdown of Streamzz is fresh proof that no one in the content piracy ecosystem – whether they’re a streaming service, video streaming host or anything in between – is above the law. .

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 30, 2024

We explored the webinar topics in more depth, and the following is our edited and abridged conversation. In the generative AI context, you get the ability to reproduce the text of the document. Since our founding, we’ve been putting users and rightsholders together, so people can find good ways to license the works that they need.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2022

Allegedly, a majority of Roblox users are under 13. Users can manufacture virtual items in-game, and other users can buy those items using Robux, with Roblox taking a cut of the transactions. The court disagrees: Doe does not seek to treat Roblox as a publisher or speaker of the user-generated content.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2023

For musician Maria Schneider, whose class action lawsuit against YouTube will head to a jury trial next month, the status quo and its alleged facilitator have been a constant topic of discussion for well over a decade. ” Laundering Pirate Content or Solving Problems? What Do Whore Houses, Meth Labs, and YouTube Have in Common?

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 11, 2022

YouTube is an incredible site with an unbelievable amount of content covering every conceivable topic. Background play isn’t available as standard either, unless users pay for a subscription, which many prefer not to. When ‘ReVanced’ burst onto the scene to pick up the torch, former Vanced users were delighted.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

You see, when I was growing up, computers took up entire rooms and content was published on paper – books, newspapers, magazines, and yes, sometimes even broadcast on television or radio. The Internet is exponentially growing; and along with it Internet-based digital content creation.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2023

On 16 March 2023, the US Copyright Office (“USCO”) published guidance on the registration of works containing AI-generated content. The USCO’s policy statement was released against the backdrop of the proliferation of generative AI tools which are able to create content based on user prompts.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 18, 2023

The following is an excerpt from Accessing and Analyzing Relevant Content in Today’s Information Chaos.   The visual element of “seeing” new connections and naming key relationships can accelerate the generation of novel insights. Keep reading Accessing and Analyzing Relevant Content in Today’s Information Chaos. 

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 7, 2023

On receipt of a properly formatted and submitted takedown notice, allegedly infringing content must be taken down. The two people at the heart of the original dispute are both Twitter users. Since one user’s account has been suspended, links to the account and its tweets are included but are likely to fail.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

. “Plaintiffs allege they received harassing messages in response to their benign posts on Defendants’ applications and did not receive comparable messages on other platforms in which user identities were revealed.” Third-Party Content. ” The defendants successfully defend on Section 230 grounds. .

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Earlier this year, Creative Commons announced that four working groups of the Creative Commons Copyright Platform would examine policy issues affecting the open ecosystem from a global perspective: (1) artificial intelligence and open content; (2) platform liability; (3) copyright exceptions and limitations; and (4) the ethics of open sharing.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The Lawsuit Another week, another lawsuit against generative AI. They allege that Anthropic copies Plaintiffs’ copyrighted song lyrics and its AI chatbot, Claude, then generates those lyrics in response to user prompts—all without a license. ABCKO Music, Inc., ” Id. at ¶ 10. ” Id. at ¶ 10.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Broadly, the obligations set out in the DSA are proportionate to the scale of the user base of the service provider. The most significant obligations will fall on: Very Large Online Providers ( VLOPs ) – these are online platforms that store and disseminate user-generated content to the public at the request of a user.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 31, 2021

With cutting-edge, clock-racing research often in the news, the public is undoubtedly paying more attention to scientific literature than in previous generations. How Much Content We Access vs. How Much Time We Read. Some things have changed. Scholarly peer-reviewed articles remain the most highly rated source of information.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2023

The server wasn’t protected in any way, so passing internet users could download whatever they liked. “The accused stated that he downloaded the music mainly for his own use, but also for other users to download,” the statement reads. For end users, these mechanics were mostly irrelevant.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The Digital Services Act ( DSA ), a major EU regulation for online content, was signed into law yesterday. This is achieved through imposing obligations to carry out content moderation and transparency reporting and requiring them to comply with orders to remove illegal content from their services. What ‘s new.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Anson C J taking an in-depth look into the question of whether an AI-generated work is a “work” under the copyright law. Image produced by using a generative AI model ‘AI Generated Work’, ‘Computer Generated’ and ‘Work’ in Copyright: Whether AI Generated Work is a ‘Work’?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

The buzz around AI-generated outputs seems to never stop. One of the central issues in this respect is the copyright protectability of journalistic outputs generated by or with the help of AI. The main technology used in the field is natural language generation (NLG). Photo by AbsolutVision on Unsplash.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 26, 2022

That strikes me as certainly a worthy and intriguing topic, but before saying more about why I’m inclined to think so, I think the terms used could probably stand a little unpacking first. Why did WIPO select the topic “IP for young people” this year? It’s not a perfectly clear concept , and the laws concerning each form differ.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2022

In the meantime, this post provides a refresher on the contents of Article 17, followed by a brief highlight of the main takeaways to kick-off the discussion. Article 17 applies to online content sharing service providers (OCSSPs), as defined in Article 2(6) CDSM Directive, with further guidance in recitals 62 and 63.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

This is one of several ideologically motivated lawsuits against YouTube for allegedly engaging in “discriminatory” content moderation. And the precedent is indeed stacked against any account termination or content removal plaintiffs. After 5 tries, the Divino LGBTQ lawsuit finally failed last month.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2023

The OSMR transposes the revised Audio-Visual Media Services Directive into Irish law, which requires Member States to ensure that VSPSs take appropriate measures to protect young people from harmful content and protect the general public from illegal content. Also contributed to by Gavin Dowd.

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The IPKat

JULY 7, 2023

Indeed, nowadays, while the “basics” of the Metaverse are done and patented, it was suggested that the focus should be shifted to the user experience to ensure its success. The following panel analysed generative AI. The second panel of the day identified interoperability as a key attribute of the Metaverse.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 2, 2023

The regulation is mostly targeted at legitimate user-generated content platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. Instead of gaining access to pirated movies, they are redirected to shady sites that often promise ‘free’ content in exchange for the visitor’s credit card details.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Before reading this post, read my new article, Online Account Terminations/Content Removals and the Benefits of Internet Services Enforcing Their House Rules. It explains why must-carry laws, including part of the Florida law, would accelerate the end of user-generated content.

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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. Mayorkas, announced a new initiative that seeks to combat evolving threats, including the revolution created by generative AI.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Despite that, challenges caused by these technologies (though pre-generative AI) were picked up in a few submissions and raised by a number of stakeholders (e.g., After reviewing the submissions, the Attorney-General’s department decided to organise several Roundtables on Copyright to discuss issues raised by stakeholders.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The legal world is buzzing about AI and its use for all kinds of things, including generating logos, text, and other things people would normally want to register for copyright or trademark protection. There’s no doubt AI is incredibly useful for generating content, though there is still no substitute for a real human author or artist.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

20 would sweepingly ban covered online platforms from moderating user-provided content. And it both regulates how the targeted websites disseminate speech to and from users around the globe—regardless of their connection to Texas… H.B. 20 prohibits any content moderation – it does not. Second, it assumes that H.B.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

I did a (rare for me) Twitter thread on this topic, which is so crucial that I’m sharing it here as well: On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will be marking up the EARN IT Act, which removes Section 230 for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In response, many services will eliminate user-generated content (UGC) entirely.

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IP Tech Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

Generative Artificial Intelligence is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that can generate a wide range of content types in response to user prompts. Examples of such content can include text, images, audio and video content, etc. We also reviewed two other drafts that Bard generated.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2022

Today I’m blogging about one of those bills, California AB 2408 , “Social media platform: child users: addiction.” I explain all of this in my post on AB 2273 (the AADC) , which redundantly also would require platforms to authenticate all users’ ages to avoid business-ending liability.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 24, 2022

AI-generated art isn’t perfect, but it’s become a viable option for set decor on motion pictures and other commercial productions. AI-Generated Art to the Rescue? Could AI-generated art offer an alternative? First, it’s an open question as to whether AI-generated art is itself eligible for copyright protection.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2023

This has become a lingering question in the minds of consumers of online content. Hayleigh Bosher and Coran Darling giving evidence at the Inquiry Artificial intelligence is a highly debated topic in the intellectual property field currently. You can watch the full session here. Does AI create?

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