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How A Century-Old Insight of Photography Can Inform Legal Questions of AI-Generated Artwork (Guest Blog Post)

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A new breed of artists is using generative artificial intelligence tools like DALL·E, Midjourney, Firefly, and ChatGPT to create artistic works. Do these creations belong to the artists or the public domain? Do creators who use generative AI maintain copyright in their creations? By guest blogger Prof. When the U.S.

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[Guest post] ‘Ghiblification’ and the Moral Wrongs of U.S. Copyright Law

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Visuals works were narrowly limited to singular/limited series editions of paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, and photographs produced for exhibition purposes. Usually, artists seek to remove their name to maintain their reputation.

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[Part I] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design

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Inox sued for copyright infringement of these technical drawings, essentially arguing that its design of the tanker and internal parts was protected as an artistic work under copyright. In the second part, I address the question of functionality utility and examine how it informs the two-prong test. Girdhar & Co.

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[Part II] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design

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Inox India Limited and Others , Aditya Bhargava writes on the question of “functional utility” and how it informs the two pronged test by the Court. The upshot was that those drawings, not being designs, could retain copyright as artistic works (since 15(2) didnt apply to them). Supreme Court in Star Athletica v.

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[Guest Post] Things go belly-up for Aldi in Australia as baby food packaging found to constitute copyright infringement

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Aldi was sued for copyright infringement of an artwork that appeared on the packaging of childrens snacks under the BABY BELLIES, LITTLE BELLIES and MIGHTY BELLIES brands, each aimed at different age groups. Puffs Works." baby, young, and fully-grown) to allude to natural progression.

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Ankit Sahni’s AI “Co-authored” Artwork Denied Registration by US, Continues to be Registered in India

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US Copyright Office issues another ruling on AI-authorship and copyright, reaffirming its decision to reject Ankit Sahni and RAGHAV’s artistic work. Subject work on which copyright registration was sought. Interestingly, the artwork also led to controversy in India when it was granted registration in November 2020.

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Using that classic piece of art on a book cover: Grr…

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Works of art, in the form of the reproduction of a painting, frequently adorns the cover of a reissued edition of a renowned novel. Beyond the obvious attempt to draw a connection between the artwork and the book based a shared sense of the "classical", the artwork also seeks to evoke a more specific connection with the contents of the book.

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