While most of the attention regarding artificial intelligence and copyright has been centred in the United States, it’s useful to remember that one of the main pieces of litigation is taking place in the courts of England and Wales. We’ve now had the very first order emanating from the case, Read more…
While we’re in the middle of a Golden Age for the discussion of copyright and artificial intelligence, one topic that may not have received as much attention as it warrants is the interaction between open content and AI, and in particular content released under some-rights-reserved licensed such as Creative Commons. Read more…
Over the past year, a heated debate has surfaced regarding the use of generative AI, specifically concerning whether AI-generated images should be categorised as art. This discourse has grown quite animated, with one faction staunchly asserting that art can solely be a product of human creativity, while the opposing viewpoint Read more…
On September 12, several French lawmakers from the Assemblée nationale presented a law proposal to the Presidency which has the objective of reform some norms in existing copyright law (text of the proposal here). This is a rather interesting development that may prove to be controversial given some of the Read more…
Rachael: Do you mind if I smoke? Deckard: It won’t affect the test. All right, I’m going to ask you a series of questions. Just relax and answer them as simply as you can. — It’s your birthday. Someone gives you a calfskin wallet. Rachael: I wouldn’t accept it. Also, Read more…
Two authors have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for claims related to the development, use, and training of ChatGPT, these being direct copyright infringement, vicarious infringement, copyright management information removal, unfair competition, negligence, and unjust enrichment (complaint here). This is the third lawsuit against AI producers from the same law Read more…
I’m putting some finishing touches on my AI liability article, and need a place to link to some parodies made with ChatGPT, Bard, and MidJourney. I’m discussing the caricature, parody, and pastiche copyright exceptions in a part of the article and do not want to reproduce these ones. So here Read more…
It is trite to point out that the launch of ChatGPT and the subsequent deployment of other language models such as Bard have created quite a stir in different fields. The capability of asking questions and writing prompts, and receiving a large chunk of text, has proven to be useful Read more…
A fascinating case that could test the limits of several exceptions under EU copyright law is developing right now in Germany. Photographer Robert Kneschke used the website “Have I Been Trained?” to find out if his images were in the LAION 5b dataset. He found, in his own words “heaps Read more…
A few years ago, a student came to see me during office hours to talk about their assignment. They were upset because their essay had received a low mark—not a fail, but much lower than expected. I knew from seminars that they were exceptionally bright and conscientious, participated in discussions, Read more…