TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Generative AI and copyright law: What’s the future for intellectual property? Image Credits: Sean Gladwell (opens in a new window) / Getty Images Are AI-generated works eligible for copyright protection? Copyright Office’s document and examine multiple legal developments in the space.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

BitMar is fully compliant with copyright laws — and it’s simply locating content already available on the web. You’ll use a far more user-friendly interface to plug in a channel, genre, actor, or a specific movie or TV show you have in mind, then this content aggregator scours the web to find it. Is it legal?

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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Monday night, Congress approved an over $2 trillion government spending and coronavirus relief package that included a handful of controversial copyright and trademark measures. On its fourth page, the bill outlines what would qualify as felony behavior under the law. Copyright is messy. A felony streaming bill, authored by Sen.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Technology in the Arts recently released an excellent report on copyright law. PICT was in an uncomfortable middle ground: the company used union artists and performed copyrighted works, but lacked the Met's clout. I find the three companies' stories interesting.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 21, 2025

BitMar is fully compliant with copyright laws — and it’s simply locating content already available on the web. You’ll use a far more user-friendly interface to plug in a channel, genre, actor, or a specific movie or TV show you have in mind, then this content aggregator scours the web to find it. Is it legal?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Adam Mossoff is a patent law expert at George Mason University who has testified before Congress on the STRONGER Patent Act and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. Years ago, Big Tech companies like Google decided that they profit more by stealing smaller companies’ intellectual property than buying or licensing it. Adam Mossoff.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Pendo, Founding Member of Chicago Law Partners, LLC. One of the biggest is whether AI-generated content is protected by copyright law. Kimberly practices not-for-profit and corporate law. Sponsored by Multiview. Kimberly A. Kimberly Pendo AI is rapidly changing the world, and the non-profit sector is no exception.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

With contributions from artists including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Cat Stevens, and Damon Albarn, the album was released Tuesday to protest proposed British changes to artificial intelligence laws that artists fear will erode their creative control. “The U.K. a world leader in AI. ” The consultation closes on Tuesday. Several U.K.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

People with disabilities are repeatedly left out in the cold because accessibility concerns don’t rank high on tech company priority lists. Provisions designed to handle copyrighted materials could conflict with fundamental exceptions in copyright law like fair use of copyrighted works and the Chafee Amendment.

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2020

Australia’s proposed News Media Bargaining Code law, which is currently in draft and targets Facebook alongside Google, follows a 2019 inquiry in Australia that found the tech giant to be taking a disproportionately large share of online advertising revenue, even though much of their content came from media organizations.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Ten years after Oracle first sued Google over the code in the Android platform, the two tech giants are finally facing off in the Supreme Court. For everyone else, the lawsuit is about whether language compatibility is tantamount to copyright infringement. In the 1996 software copyright case Lotus v. When Google v.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Proctorio was suing him for tweeting the videos, as well as a screenshot of its website — the company claimed he’d infringed its copyright and distributed confidential material. But as critics are discovering, the law is giving Proctorio an unexpected advantage, allowing the company to shut down criticisms by appealing to copyright law. +.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 9, 2020

“Prediction: The side that wins the metaphor battle will win the case,” tweeted University of Oklahoma College of Law professor Sarah Burstein. Oracle covers a complex question : what elements of computer code can be copyrighted, and if that code is covered by copyright, when it’s still legal to use pieces of it under fair use.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

Tenn recommends imitating major players like Google and Samsung, which have dedicated teams that release a steady stream of material about “ongoing projects” tied to prevailing tech trends. Even if those projects don’t see the light of day, the PR team has strategically positioned the brand as ‘innovative,’” says Tenn.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

To spread their fake goods on platforms like Facebook and Amazon, counterfeiters take advantage of a legal provision that protects those companies from user-generated copyright infringement. Even people who should be experts in copyright matters can struggle to contend with takedown policies. DMCA reform is very tough,” he said.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 18, 2025

This has included copyrighted works, a contentious issue with artists. Authors, artists, and musicians are arguing in court that this training violates copyright law when it's done without credit, compensation, or consent. To compete against rivals, AI companies have a seemingly insatiable appetite for data.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

He further says: "If information producers do not need to capture the economic benefits of their particular information outputs, or if some businesses can capture the economic value of their information production by means other than exclusive control … the justification for regulating access by granting copyrights is weakened."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally. Right now, we have multiple law school clinics that would love to tackle new projects with us, projects we actually have but lack the bandwidth to pursue. We serve human rights activists in more than 100 countries.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Investors continue to pump money into generative AI tech. Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI are being sued in a class action lawsuit that accuses them of violating copyright law by allowing Copilot to regurgitate sections of licensed code without providing credit. million) at a $1.16 billion post-money valuation.

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The Verge

JANUARY 20, 2021

It argues that Netflix and Hulu — along with satellite providers Dish Network and DirecTV, as well as Disney’s entertainment distribution division — violated a 2007 law called the Georgia Consumer Choice for Television Act. Franchise fee claims — all based on different local laws — remain mostly untested in court.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Like most AI-powered code-generating systems, Magic was trained on publicly available code, some of which is copyrighted. Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI are being sued in a class action lawsuit that accuses them of violating copyright law by allowing Copilot to regurgitate sections of licensed code without providing credit.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In the weeks since that announcement, I've spoken to some of the country's leading corporate law experts to gain a better understanding of OpenAI's plan, and, more importantly, what it might mean for its mission to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI). In 2013 , Delaware enacted its own version of the law. As of 2022 , 68.2

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The DALL-E 2-generated images, meanwhile, exhibit the limitations of today’s text-to-image tech, like garbled text and off proportions. ” Copyright issues. But the copyright status around AI-generated content is … nebulous, at least presently. Copilot was co-developed by OpenAI and GitHub, which Microsoft owns.)

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

While today’s tech landscape is dramatically different from the fledgling internet of the ’90s, the reasoning behind Section 230 still holds true today. The architecture of law creates conditions for innovation and can also chill it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

I spent one day with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as they hosted an event for the Technology Partner Network (I’m one of a couple of hundred of tech advisors in the network). It was interesting to hear the latest about the Gates Foundation and their tech directions. The Marrakesh Treaty. Student privacy. Enough said!

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Apple, Spotify, and the impossible problem of moderating shows When former White House adviser-turned-podcaster Steve Bannon called for the beheading of Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI director Christopher Wray, the tech platforms reacted. Both platforms don’t allow content that encourages violence, for example, or shows that infringe on copyright.

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The Verge

APRIL 9, 2022

Last October, the United States effectively made it legal to open up many devices for the purpose of repair with an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. and one French law in particular might have been the tipping point. and one French law in particular might have been the tipping point. What changed?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

An entrepreneur might have the best idea since sliced bread, but if they’re unable to protect it with the relevant patents, trademarks, or copyrights, then there’s a good chance they won’t see the fruits that their labor otherwise might deserve. Founded in early 2021, RightHub has some 75 staff across Europe and the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2012

As a presumably law-abiding nonprofit, you might've wondered how much SOPA could've really endangered your mission. In the simplest terms, SOPA would've created a "de facto blacklist of sites accused of infringing on copyright," Reitman said. Why Should You Care?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

An earlier copyright lawsuit filed by the ICC against UpCodes is still ongoing, but UpCodes won a major decision in the case last year when Judge Marrero ruled that its posting of building codes is covered by public domain and fair use. A court decision in favor of startup UpCodes may help shape open access to the law.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2010

I caught Brian Rowe 's Sharing Content, Terms of Service, and Copyright Best Practices session today at this year's NTC, which was a great primer for understanding Creative Commons licensing and included information on the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) and several other topics. He also talks about his Utilikilt. Tools Web 2.0

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

Upon receiving the notice, we immediately removed the problematic video and blocked the user from uploading any additional videos before providing further proof of copyright.”. A battle between Chinese tech giants on US shores. Zynn respects and requires creators to abide by local copyright laws.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

During that time, we’ve grown from offering one product to offering many products and services, in four program areas: education, human rights, the environment, and, now, tech volunteerism. copyright law. We are always exploring new projects with the hope of launching a new product each year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

I've studied intellectual property law extensively, but only in an academic context; I am not a practicing lawyer. How did you get interested in copyright laws and their impact on human rights? Why should nonprofit organizations pay attention to copyright or your organization's goals? Get tech saavy.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

It says that its tech is already leading to more than 20,000 enforcements weekly. Mark) Lee approached the problem initially from a legal perspective when he was still a Harvard law student. Mark Lee, together with the startup’s CBO DK Lee and with other friends from Harvard and MIT, founded MarqVision in 2020.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Big Tech Inc. He’s been following a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI that “accuses them of violating copyright law by allowing Copilot , a code-generating AI system trained on billions of lines of public code, to regurgitate licensed code snippets without providing credit.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

This includes animal handling, children’s safety, copyright law objects, stunt performance requirements and even COVID safety measures. The analysis feature was requested by users who have run into issues after being unprepared for certain situations, co-founder and COO Andrei Karalkou told us.

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