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Is Generative AI Fair Use of Copyright Works? NYT v. OpenAI

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Such uses, they argue, constitute copyright infringement. Fair Use Precedent? Google Books and Transformative Use The past two decades have seen a wealth of technological developments, but generative AI is qualitatively different from everything that has come before. However, the U.S.

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Legal Analysis Of Copyright Issues In YouTube And Other Social Media Content

IP and Legal Filings

Copyright law is in charge of controlling how literary, artistic, and theatrical works, among others, are used. The law of copyright regulates the activities of copying and disseminating the words of someone who has copyright over something online without that person’s consent. 2017) 236 DLT 478 (DB). [1] 1 (2022). [5]

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Kanye West Faces A Copyright Infringement Lawsuit: Is “Fair Use” Fair?

IPilogue

An artist who fails to acquire permission from the copyright owner can use the ‘fair use’ defence. Under section 107 , fair use allows persons to use parts of a copyright protected work without permission for limited purposes. The fair use defence is rarely used in music sampling cases.

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SCOTUS Rules Andy Warhol’s Prince Portraits Are Not Fair Use

The IP Law Blog

Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. However, the majority rejected this argument, stating that the new expression alone did not determine the purpose or character of the copying use. In a closely watched copyright case, the U.S.

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5th Cir affirms fair use on a motion to dismiss, fee award to D

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25, 2022) “The softball team and flag corps at a public high school outside Fort Worth used their Twitter accounts to post a motivational passage from sports psychologist Keith Bell’s book, Winning Isn’t Normal.” He sued; the court of appeals affirms a finding of fair use on a motion to dismiss and an award of attorneys’ fees.

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Canadian Media Companies Target OpenAI in Copyright Lawsuit But Weak Claims Suggest Settlement the Real Goal

Michael Geist

Unlike the NY Times, which focused on both the inputs (the materials used to train ChatGPT) and the outputs (allegations ChatGPT occasionally provides copyright infringing results), the Canadian claim only target the inputs with no allegation that ChatGPT results are infringing. which used WebText , a data set that traces back to 2019.

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Kat Von D, Think Before You Ink

IPilogue

Fischer found triable issues on substantial similarity and fair use. In March 2017 , Kat Von D inked a tattoo of Sedlik’s Davis photograph on the arm of lighting technician Blake Farmer (“Farmer”) for free. To freehand ink the tattoo, Kat Von D created a stencil by using a light box to trace the Davis photograph.