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DC Circ. Denies Copyright for AI-Created Artwork

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Copyright Office's refusal to register an artwork created by an artificial intelligence model, saying the government correctly concluded that copyright law protects only works from humans. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday affirmed the U.S.

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AI Legal Watch: March 27, 2025

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non-humans) under Copyright Law. Circuit affirmed the denial of Stephen Thalers copyright application, which included artwork generated fully by his AI model, the Creativity Machine, on the basis that it is not a human being as required by the Copyright Act of 1976. Perlmutter et al., 23-5233 (D.C.

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2022 Copyright Law Recap: Andy Warhol, Social Media Content, And Taking Shortcuts In Copyright Applications

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HOW ANDY WARHOL IS STILL SHAPING AMERICAN COPYRIGHT LAW In October 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments regarding whether pop artist Andy Warhol’s artwork made fair use of a photo of a music legend, Prince, in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Lynn Goldsmith. By: McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

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AI Artwork: Worth a Thousand Words, but Zero Copyright Protection?

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Technology is changing, but is copyright law keeping up? Copyright Office over its refusal to register artwork created by his artificial intelligence software. . Stephen Thaler clearly believes it is not and has sued the U.S. By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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Why do artists infringe copyright – the tension between artistic creativity and copyright law

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Tianchu Gao is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Last year, Andy Warhol lost an infamous copyright infringement lawsuit against photographer Lynn Goldsmith regarding an image of the pop singer Prince. There seems to have always been tension between artistic creativity and copyright law.

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Still No “RKO” for Copyright Law After US Court’s Damage Award in Randy Orton Tattoo Dispute

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Cynthia Zhang is a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Recently in Alexander v Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc , a jury of the US District Court of the Southern District of Illinois concluded that tattoo artist Catherine Alexander has a valid copyright claim in the designs she tattooed on World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.

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AI and Fair Use: Navigating Legal Challenges in India and the United States

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One such legal issues is what is referred to as “fair use,” which becomes particularly problematic in the context of the copyright law. Such databases may include work that is copyrighted. Unlike the US, however, Indian law is rather ambiguous. Another important factor is market effect. Goldsmith (2023) [2].