Sun.Dec 01, 2024

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Another AI Scraping Copyright Case in Canada: News Media Companies Sue OpenAI

Hugh Stephens Blog

Image: Shutterstock (AI assist) First, I heard it on the radio. The word “copyright” caught my attention because that’s a word seldom heard on the morning news. Then the news stories started to appear, first on Canadian Press, which was “largely” accurate, then on the CBC, Globe and Mail, even the New York Times.

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Economist Will Page Reports Global Value of Music Copyright Exceeded Movie Box Office Receipts in 2023

IP Watchdog

On November 25, economist Will Page, formerly Chief Economist of streaming music company Spotify, published a report on the global value of music copyright, finding that worldwide music copyright revenues had increased 11% to reach $45.5 billion USD during 2023. Purporting to fill gaps in reporting from other global music copyright surveys, Page’s recent report indicates that the total value of music copyright holdings, including mechanical reproduction and live performance rights, has quickly s

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

Taking note of the next events to attend Another week has come to an end and, as usual, it is time to catch up with the latest events in the IP world. As always, do not forget to check our Events page as well! Events Patent Law – Fit for an (Emotional) AI age?: CIIs, Training ANNs and Other Stories (4 December 2024) On 4 December 2024, the UCL Institute of Brand & Innovation Law Annual Innovation will host a panel discussion to evaluate the adequacies of patent law in the AI-age.

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Australia’s proposed Guardrails for High-Risk AI and Copyright Law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash As the discussion on AI regulation is intensifying around the globe, the Australian Government’s Department for Industry, Science and Resources has recently announced Safe and responsible AI in Australia: Proposals paper for introducing mandatory guardrails for AI in high-risk settings. The Proposals Paper is strongly influenced by the EU AI Act, which is cited on numerous occasions, and aims to set binding horizontal standards for all high-risk AI technologies

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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IQ Ideas+ 3.0: Taking the Guesswork Out of Your Innovation Workflow and Research Process

IP.com

Innovation is essential to staying competitive in today’s rapidly evolving market. However, traditional innovation processes can be time-consuming, costly, and often rely heavily on intuition and trial and error rather than concrete data. In response to these challenges, IQ Ideas+ 3.0 is revolutionizing how companies approach the innovation workflow by providing AI-driven insights that take the guesswork out of evaluating ideas.

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AI Regulation in Australia: Opportunities and Challenges

Barry Sookman

Australia’s Senate Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) just released a report addressing that country’s opportunities, challenges, and regulatory frameworks with respect to AI technologies. Like, Canada and many other countries globally, Australia is seeking to promote the use and adoption of AI while mitigating potential high risks associated with AI systems including risks of bias, discrimination, and safety (especially with generative AI technologies and frontier models)