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Generative AI: the US class action against Google Bard (and other AI tools) for web scraping

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The defendants’ wholesale collection and use of copyrighted material, with no option for copyright owners to opt out, would exceed the legal interpretation of “fair use” (see VHT vs Zillow Group , 918 F.3d 2000) (“ copying an entire work militates against a finding of fair use. ”). 4th 1149 (9th Cir. 3d 723, 743 (9th Cir.

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Court Says No Human Author, No Copyright (but Human Authorship of GenAI Outputs Remains Uncertain) (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Indeed, in the Hughes article that the court cites, Hughes sees something along these lines, noting that “once some AI is sentient enough to demand its own civil rights and protection under the Thirteenth Amendment, my guess is that ‘person’ in copyright law will not be limited to homo sapiens.” (For Purpose of Copyright Protection.