TechnoLlama
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Covers several Cyberlaw topics, with emphasis on open licensing, digital rights, software protection, virtual worlds, and llamas. Authored by Dr. Andres Guadamuz, a Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Sussex.
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1d ago
There’s a fascinating case developing in the US (complaint here courtesy of Simon Geiregat), which could have a lasting effect in the reggaetón music genre.In 1989, Cleveland “Clevie” Browne and Wycliffe “Steely” Johnson released “Fish Market,” which introduced an iconic drum beat that would affect a generation. The rhythm (or ..read more
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4d ago
While most of the attention regarding artificial intelligence and copyright has been centred in the United States, it’s useful to remember that one of the main pieces of litigation is taking place in the courts of England and Wales. We’ve now had the very first order emanating from the case ..read more
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2w ago
While we’re in the middle of a Golden Age for the discussion of copyright and artificial intelligence, one topic that may not have received as much attention as it warrants is the interaction between open content and AI, and in particular content released under some-rights-reserved licensed such as Creative Commons ..read more
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1M ago
A few weeks ago, The Atlantic published an article titled “These 183,000 Books Are Fueling the Biggest Fight in Publishing and Tech“. This article discussed a dataset used to train some large language models, which has sparked controversy due to the inclusion of a significant number of suspected pirated book ..read more
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2M ago
Over the past year, a heated debate has surfaced regarding the use of generative AI, specifically concerning whether AI-generated images should be categorised as art. This discourse has grown quite animated, with one faction staunchly asserting that art can solely be a product of human creativity, while the opposing viewpoint ..read more
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2M ago
On September 12, several French lawmakers from the Assemblée nationale presented a law proposal to the Presidency which has the objective of reform some norms in existing copyright law (text of the proposal here). This is a rather interesting development that may prove to be controversial given some of the ..read more
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3M ago
Fables is a popular comic book series written by Bill Willingham that follows characters from fairy tales who have formed a clandestine community in New York. Willingham is the sole writer of the entire series, which features artwork from several artists, primarily Mark Buckingham. The comic books are published by ..read more
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3M ago
Rachael: Do you mind if I smoke? Deckard: It won’t affect the test. All right, I’m going to ask you a series of questions. Just relax and answer them as simply as you can. — It’s your birthday. Someone gives you a calfskin wallet. Rachael: I wouldn’t accept it. Also ..read more
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5M ago
Two authors have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for claims related to the development, use, and training of ChatGPT, these being direct copyright infringement, vicarious infringement, copyright management information removal, unfair competition, negligence, and unjust enrichment (complaint here). This is the third lawsuit against AI producers from the same law ..read more
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5M ago
I’m putting some finishing touches on my AI liability article, and need a place to link to some parodies made with ChatGPT, Bard, and MidJourney. I’m discussing the caricature, parody, and pastiche copyright exceptions in a part of the article and do not want to reproduce these ones. So here ..read more