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Online Extra: AI Copyright — Ethical and Legal Considerations for Marketing and Sales Image

Online Extra: AI Copyright — Ethical and Legal Considerations for Marketing and Sales

Melissa "Rogo" Rogozinski

Standing still and waiting to take action wasn't easy, but the patience paid off. Now, I understand some of AI's limitations and ways to leverage it to propel marketing and sales activities.

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The Impact of the Supreme Court's Goldsmith Decision on Copyright Enforcement Against AI Tools Image

The Impact of the Supreme Court's Goldsmith Decision on Copyright Enforcement Against AI Tools

Edward D. Lanquist & Dominic Rota

The U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith sent ripples through the legal and artistic communities. Months later, legal scholars and art journalists continue to debate whether the decision opens the door for federal courts to act as "art critics." Many, however, downplay how the Supreme Court's decision impacts the ways in which copyright owners may enforce their rights against generative AI tools.

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Termination Notices and Copyright Act Claims Accruals Image

Termination Notices and Copyright Act Claims Accruals

Thomas Kjellberg & Robert W. Clarida

Termination is not automatic. It may be effected only through affirmative action on the part of the author or his or her statutory successors, who must serve an advance notice, signed by or on behalf of all of those entitled to terminate the grant, on the current copyright owner within specified time limits and under specified conditions.

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The Intersection of Generative AI and Copyright Law Image

The Intersection of Generative AI and Copyright Law

Karl Zielaznicki, Victoria D. Summerfield & Eliza Cen

Whether prompted to write a corporate slogan, create music, generate works of art and advertisements, or summarize a book — GAI can do it all. However, its increasing popularity means that users of GAI programs face substantial intellectual property risks — particularly when businesses use GAI for marketing and other public-facing purposes.

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Generative AI and Copyright Law Image

Generative AI and Copyright Law

Karl Zielaznicki, Victoria D. Summerfield & Eliza Cen

Generative AI can do it all. However, its increasing popularity means that users of GAI programs face substantial intellectual property risks — particularly when businesses use GAI for marketing and other public-facing purposes.

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How the Supreme Court Saved the Internet from Itself: 'Gonzalez v. Google' and 'Twitter v. Taamneh' Image

How the Supreme Court Saved the Internet from Itself: 'Gonzalez v. Google' and 'Twitter v. Taamneh'

Erick Franklund

The Internet is still standing, but the Supreme Court's reasoning in theGonzalez opinion remains perplexing. Gonzalez and Taamneh are a story about how the Supreme Court "saved" the Internet from itself, and the Court needed both cases to do so.

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The Problem With Sup. Ct. Majority Opinion In Andy Warhol Foundation Image

The Problem With Sup. Ct. Majority Opinion In Andy Warhol Foundation

Nicole D. Galli & Andrew J. Costa

Commentary The high court's decision's future application is anything but clear and clarification of the parameters of a "transformative" fair use is left open for another day.

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9th Circuit Bases Attorney Fees On What Class-Action Clients Get In Hand Image

9th Circuit Bases Attorney Fees On What Class-Action Clients Get In Hand

Avalon Zoppo

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made clear its view — that class-action plaintiffs' lawyers generally should not be awarded fees that exceed the amount their clients get from a settlement — as the court struck down a $1.7 million fee award in which a copyright plaintiffs' class received less than $53,000 in an infringement dispute settlement.

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Online Extra: The Other Recent Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Ed Sheeran Image

Online Extra: The Other Recent Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Ed Sheeran

Stan Soocher

The lion's share of attention to copyright-infringement claims against Ed Sheeran over his song of the Year "Thinking Out Loud" recently focused on the trial in New York federal court in which a jury found in Sheeran's favor in the lawsuit brought by the heirs of a co-author of the 1970s soul-song classic "Let's Get It On." But in September 2022, a related infringement suit over the same songs' matching chord progression and harmonic rhythm was allowed to go forward.

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The Other Recent Infringement Lawsuit Judgment Over Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud' Image

The Other Recent Infringement Lawsuit Judgment Over Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud'

Stan Soocher

The lion's share of attention to copyright-infringement claims against Ed Sheeran over his 2016 Grammy-winning Song of the Year "Thinking Out Loud" recently focused on the trial in New York federal court. But in September 2022, a related infringement suit over the same songs' matching chord progression and harmonic rhythm was allowed to proceed.

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