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Taming the ‘LAION’: Lessons for Harmonising AI and Copyright Law

SpicyIP

She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. The exception covered under Article 3 permits text and data mining (“TDM”) for a wide range of purposes including “scientific research”. Tanishka is an advocate at the High Court of MP. LAION logo.

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Safeguarding Access to Culture in the Digital Era in European Copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This change of paradigm endangers the implicit dogma that copyright law shall ultimately serve access to culture in the long term. Furthermore, in a dematerialized reality of access to copyright-protected works, it is also important to safeguard the necessary balance between copyright protection and the public domain.

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Navigating User Lawfulness in European Copyright Law: From Lawful Use to Lawful Access

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image created by AI The concept of lawfulness in relation to user status or user acts has been gradually established in EU digital copyright law as a condition for the enjoyment of certain copyright exceptions. However, the concept has proliferated inconsistently, lacking a clear normative content and shape.

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Challenges of Copyright Law in the Global South: Addressing the Knowledge Divide

Intepat

Introduction Copyright law plays a crucial role in regulating the distribution and protection of creative works, but its impact is not uniform across the world. In the Global South, the challenges posed by copyright law are particularly significant, often hindering access to knowledge and limiting opportunities for development.

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Are AI Prompts Authorship in Copyright Law?

The Illusion of More

I have already argued against copyright protection for works created by AI, supporting the longstanding doctrine that copyright rights can only attach to works of human authorship. But one paragraph in a recent article by attorney Adam Adler raises […]. The post Are AI Prompts Authorship in Copyright Law?

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Should the EU unify copyright laws?

The IPKat

Kat (re-)unification Should the EU unify the copyright laws of its Member States and introduce, over thirty years after the start of the harmonization process, a unitary copyright title? In 2015, the European Commission itself called unification of copyright laws “ a long-term target ”. The short answer is: yes.

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OpenAI Wants New York Times to Show How Original Its Copyrighted Articles Are

TorrentFreak

OpenAI Seeks NYT ‘Source’ Material In its quest for evidence, OpenAI is particularly interested in the copyrights of the New York Times’ works. This includes copyrighted news articles, which are often based on a variety of information gathered by its journalists. For example, discovery requests no.

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