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Copyright Liability for LLM Outputs

Velocity of Content

If so, infringement may occur unless an exception applies or the LLM did not have access to the original work. 1 Another key right is the creation of derivative works, which includes adaptations or translations. 7 This does not, however, fully answer hard questions about the right to prepare derivative works under US law.

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Three Closed Cases

BYU Copyright Blog

The Professors filed an Amended Complaint in early 2023, and after motion practice by both parties, the court issued its Decision and Order , once again siding with DYouville. In its opinion, the court emphasized that copyright licenses are interpreted according to principles of contract law.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 28 – September 3)

SpicyIP

Deadline- October 15, 2023. A Look at the Revised Patent Prosecution Timelines in the Draft Patent Amendment Rules The Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2023 were recently published in the Gazette of India, with public comments invited by September 22. Image from here Smells like Luxury, Does it Cost a Trademark Battle? Dabur India Ltd.

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

21-869 (May 18, 2023). Legal Background: Copyright and Derivative Works Copyright law protects original works of authorship, including “pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works,” 17 U.S.C. For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work.

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Copyright and Generative AI: What Can We Learn from Model Terms and Conditions?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

While creative industries claim their work has been not only stolen but specifically used to replace them, AI providers continue, remarkably, to insist that the millions of images ‘fed’ to the AI can be used without permission as part of the ”social contract” of the Internet. You can find the full report here.

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How Can AI Models Legally Obtain Training Data?–Doe 1 v. GitHub (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

2023 WL 3449131 at *1 (N.D. May 11, 2023). But I think this might have more to do with the way the lawyers pleaded this issue rather than the quality of the potential breach of contract claim here. GitHub, Inc. At first, I was shocked by this conclusion since it seems obviously wrong.

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Some Thoughts on Five Pending AI Litigations – Avoiding Squirrels and Other AI Distractions

Velocity of Content

It is somehow different from the right to make transformative derivative works (where the word “transformed” is used in Section 101 ) such as film adaptations of books, which clearly require copyright owner consent. Please note that this is in no ways meant to be a comprehensive analysis of the lawsuits. Case 1- Doe 1 v. GitHub Inc.,