No Right to Copyright for AI
The owner of an artificial intelligence filed a suit against the United States Copyright Office for denying his application for a piece of visual art created by the AI. This case has recently been appealed and will be a landmark decision regarding the rights of AI and their owners to the work that is created by AI.
Industry-Specific Patent Policy
Patent scholars have long called for industry-specific patent policy; however, these policies must support cross-functional collaboration amongst different technologies to continue to foster innovation.
AI vs. Artists: The Bout of the Decade
AI's rapid growth is raising legal concerns, as AI models allegedly use copyrighted materials to train. Lawsuits are questioning AI's legality, as well as its impact on artists and copyrighted content. As the cases are determined, so too will the technology's future and its impact on creators' rights.
AI and Copyright: Can Art Created by Generative AI Qualify for Copyright Protection?
Computer Scientist Stephen Thaler aspires to expand the definition of authorship in the copyright registration context. If his appeal is dismissed, this will affirm that AI generated works of art do not satisfy the requirement of traditional-human authorship in an application for copyright protection.
Bestselling Authors Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement
The Authors Guild, in association with sixteen other high-profile authors, such as George R.R. Martin and Sylvia Day, are putting pressure on the use of AI to create second-hand novels using their works by jointly filing a lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for copyright infringement.