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How you could be breaking copyright laws by using your own technology

The Next Web

Do you own the copyright to your own technology? Creations such as graphics, web design templates, and software are all governed by copyright law, according to which the copyright owner is the creator/author of a given work. That’s not as unusual a question as you’d think – many startup founders don’t.

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Replit, the web-based IDE developing a GitHub Copilot competitor, raises $100M

TechCrunch

Beyond that, users can share projects, ask for help, learn from tutorials and use templates. 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. That includes insecure code.

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AI for Social Media: Supercharge Your Copy, Images & Videos

Forum One

Template creation. Drafting inbound message and comment response templates. There are complex copyright and fair use issues, and new PR and crisis communications challenges. Ask an AI tool to help make your writing more succinct or engaging and see what the results are. (It AI can help in quickly drafting responses.

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QuickVid uses AI to generate short-form videos, complete with voiceovers

TechCrunch

But QuickVid amalgamates existing AI to exploit the repetitive, templated format of B-roll-heavy short-form videos, getting around the problem of having to generate the footage itself. ” Copyright issues. But the copyright status around AI-generated content is … nebulous, at least presently.

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Read the Fine Print: Who Actually Owns Your Website?

Byte Technology

Sometimes, with custom site designs that aren’t pulled from existing templates, the designer has the right to copyright said design, which means you may be unable to take it to another designer should you choose and would have to start over from scratch if you decided to make a move. •

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Do I Really Have To Worry About AI?

Bloomerang

There are also many templates from which you can borrow (see here , here , and here ). Create a draft policy; run it by an attorney to make sure you’re not running afoul of copyright, trademark, breach of confidentiality, unintentional bias, or other potential pitfalls. You’ll get a lot of hits from businesses (e.g.,

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How Use Creative Commons Licensing and Flickr To Find Powerful Visuals for Your Presentations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This screencast focuses on how nonprofits can use flickr and creative commons licensing to search for powerful visuals to use in their presentations without violating copyright laws. Where can you find photos that aren't outrageously expensive or under copyright protection? See here , here , and here ). (See But not all.

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