AI appropriation of intellectual property is the biggest issue in IP law right now. While we recently focused on a group of published authors, we now follow up on an August post focusing on claims made by illustrators Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, and Karla Ortiz....
In August, we wrote about how DALL-E 2, Microsoft Image Creator and other artificial intelligence technology use visual artists and photographers' work to learn how to generate images based on user prompts. This high-stakes question of whether the unauthorized use of...
AI system DALL-E 2, Microsoft Image Creator and others enable users to create realistic images and visual art. The user enters a series of prompts and then gets an image. OpenAI, which also made Chat-GPT, created the system. The art generator can create new works...
Pop star Ed Sheeran is famous for his candid songs of love and heartbreak while bridging the sounds of pop, soul, hip-hop, folk, dance, and rock. He’s been one of the world’s biggest music stars since his major label debut in 2011 entitled +. His second album, 2014’s...
In 1998, Disney waged a zealous effort to extend its copyright protections to 95 years (for corporate copyrights) and 70 years after the death of an individual creator. Detractors called it the Mickey Mouse Protection Act, which the Supreme Court upheld in 2003. Now...
A copyright infringement case against Taylor Swift was dismissed with prejudice, which means that the plaintiff cannot file another claim involving the same issue. The trial was to begin on January 17, 2023. The dispute involved the Swift song "Shake it Off," released...
Sweden's Epidemic Sound has a catalog of 38,000 pieces of music spread across 160 genres. These are designed for use in video content, film and television production, podcasts, streaming platforms, and other media. Recently valued at $1.4 billion, the company filed a...
Government agencies often announce plans to revamp or create new regulations before making final decisions. This approach allows citizens and businesses to weigh in with opinions on the proposed changes. Such is now the case with the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO),...
The craft beer community is often collegial based on the “us against them” paradigm. In this case, “us” is the small independent breweries that have popped up by the thousands across the United States, and “them” is Miller, Budweiser and a handful of other large...
Lynn Goldsmith was hired to photograph Prince in 1981 for a Newsweek article just as the musician's star was rising. The photographer was famous for shooting musicians' portraits and album covers. She shot him performing live and invited him to her studio for more...
