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AI Training, Fair Use, and the Burdens of Being First

Copyright Lately

Ross Intelligence will get plenty of second looks from courts deciding fair use in generative AI copyright cases. Those were some of the phrases legal commentators used to describe Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Goldsmith in the days following the Supreme Courts 2023 landmark fair use decision.

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When Is a Song Published?

Dear Rich IP Blog

So, for example, sending out a handful of demos to record labels with the restriction, "For evaluation, Not for distribution" or posting the song to an invitation-only website, limiting the listeners, and preventing downloads would not be considered a publication.

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UFC on Piracy: Suing YouTube & Facebook Not Viable, They Hide Behind the DMCA

TorrentFreak

Vacca also raised the issue of whether a takedown-and-staydown system would be able to recognize when a piece of content is allowed under fair use. These guys are a bunch of…, they bring in a demo that loves to steal. Epstein felt that neither would be an issue. It’s getting worse.”

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