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Adding to the list of more than a hundred lawsuits filed against AI companies over the last two years, the news network claims Perplexity has copied and distributed its content without consent or permission. CNN (aka Cable News Network) asserts its copyrights against AI A new copyright lawsuit filed by CNN against the AI search company Perplexity is drawing attention in legal and media circles, but its implications extend well beyond the boardrooms and courthouses where these

Big stakes and big legal issues may be decided by the publishing lawsuit. Meta is a big target in most AI/copyright infringement litgiation these days A coalition of major publishers and authors, including Cengage Learning, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, McGraw Hill, and author Scott Turow, is reportedly demanding a jury trial in its ongoing copyright dispute against Meta Platforms over the alleged use of copyrighted literary works in connection with artificial in

Pokemon cards increasingly are being counterfeited

The ISP piracy defense can be useful for tech giants when used properly. Nvidia has suffered an early setback in a copyright infringement lawsuit involving AI training data and allegedly pirated books. A federal judge recently refused to dismiss claims that certain scripts within Nvidia’s AI training framework may have facilitated infringement by helping users automatically download and process datasets allegedly containing copyrighted books sourced from pirate repositories.

On the original Star Trek series, actor Lenoard Nimoy actually created many of the best-loved traits of his character, Mr. Spock,...

Artists, courts, and governments worldwide continue to wrestle with the issue of whether or not 'art' created by artificial intelligence...

It (probably) isn’t what you think The "public domain" refers to a body of creative works, inventions, and knowledge that is not...

The Public Domain is a real legal concept with significant consequences for those who mistakenly rely on the many myths and...

As you’ve probably already read, The New York Times has filed a civil lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft in Federal District Court in...

In one of the least surprising court rulings of 2023, the estate of the late writer J.R.R. Tolkien and the entertainment and consumer...

Let it know what you think about AI model training, artist permission and compensation, infringement liability, and likeness or imitation...

It (probably) isn’t what you think The "public domain" refers to a body of creative works, inventions, and knowledge that is not...

He couldn’t afford litigation, so creator Bill Willingham put Fables in the public domain In an unexpected twist, Bill Willingham, the...

Competitor Upper Deck has filed suit and tried to prevent the release In a fascinating legal battle that has caught the attention of the...

Unless you count their ginormous do-it-yourself furniture stores as a joke As much as any trip to an IKEA furniture superstore may seem...

IP LAW FUNDAMENTALS Fair use isn't what most people think it is. Ask someone about the doctrine of "fair use" and they're most likely to...

On April 5, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a long-awaited decision in the contentious copyright battle between tech giants...

Just when you thought it was impossible for the art world to get any weirder, this happens: A non-fungible token (or “NFT”) of a digital...

Luckily, there are always new developments in the IP world to keep us distracted. Whether it was street artist Banksy’s recent social...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that a publishing company, ComicMix, LLC, was in the wrong when it published a...