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How Likely FTC's Comments On Copyright & AI May Become Policy Image

How Likely FTC's Comments On Copyright & AI May Become Policy

Isha Marathe

The FTC said that the misuse of training data like infringing on a work's copyright license is tantamount to unfair competition, thus implicating consumer protection with copyright policy and securing the agency's jurisdiction in the regulatory space.

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Ninth Circuit Focuses On Extrinsic Test In Ruling On Choreography Copyright Image

Ninth Circuit Focuses On Extrinsic Test In Ruling On Choreography Copyright

Stan Soocher

Reversing and remanding, the Ninth Circuit emphasized: "The district court's approach of reducing choreography to 'poses' is fundamentally at odds with the way we analyze copyright claims for other art forms, like musical compositions."

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Howard Shire & Justin Tilghman

Ninth Circuit Upholds Copyright Infringement Dismissal In 'Jangle Vision Twins' Case

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AI and Law Practice: A Roadmap for Success In Modern Legal Firms, Part 2

Melissa "Rogo" Rogozinski & Steve Salkin

Part Two of a Two-Part Article A report on the September panel discussion sponsored by the Miami Dade Bar Association Law and Technology Committee, on AI and how to effectively use it in law firms.

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Federal District Court Denies Copyright to Visual Art Piece Generated Solely By Artificial Intelligence Image

Federal District Court Denies Copyright to Visual Art Piece Generated Solely By Artificial Intelligence

Richard L. Hathaway

In August, the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia affirmed the U.S. Copyright Office's denial of a copyright application for a visual piece of art generated entirely by an artificial intelligence-driven computer called the "Creativity Machine." Recognizing that U.S. "copyright law protects only works of human creation," the court determined that the Copyright Office "acted properly in denying copyright registration for a work created absent any human involvement."

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How D.C. Fed. Court Denied Copyright to AI-Created Artwork Image

How D.C. Fed. Court Denied Copyright to AI-Created Artwork

Robert W. Clarida & Thomas Kjellberg

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently upheld a final refusal by the U.S. Copyright Office to register a visual work that was "autonomously created by a computer algorithm running on a machine," which the plaintiff called the Creativity Machine and identified as the "author" of the work.

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Federal District Court Denies Copyright to AI-Generated Art Piece Image

Federal District Court Denies Copyright to AI-Generated Art Piece

Richard L. Hathaway

Recognizing that U.S. "copyright law protects only works of human creation," the court determined that the Copyright Office "acted properly in denying copyright registration for a work created absent any human involvement."

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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

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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