Why are people adopting AI to write? – Technollama
The last few weeks I have witnessed a number of interesting discussions breaking out on social media. A couple of weeks ago a US-based academic admitted using AI in some…
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An end to the input-output dichotomy in AI copyright? Like Company v Google takes an unexpected turn – Technollama
I’ve been following the CJEU case C-250/25 Like Company v Google hearing with interest (my initial thoughts on the case here). I won’t attempt to cover the entirety of the…
No, the US Supreme Court did not declare that AI works cannot be copyrighted – Technollama
If you have been online recently you may have been a variation of this story that reads something like this: “The US Supreme Court declares that AI generated works aren’t…
SeeDance and the new media landscape – Technollama
A few months ago we were pondering a few things about the future of media here at Llama Towers. I speculated about a world where you could generate your own…
Can you steal game gold pieces? The Court of Appeal says yes – Technollama
It’s been a while since we had a proper digital property and virtual gold story here at Llama Towers, I have to admit that it’s been mostly AI for the…
Why We Need Tech Lawyers to Shine Again – Technollama
Text from my editorial in IIC. In courtrooms across the globe, a quiet crisis is brewing. As the number of artificial intelligence copyright litigations increases, judges are being asked to…
We need to talk about the EU TDM exception and AI training – Technollama
Following the recent decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and last year’s Kneschke v LAION, we now have two German courts grappling with the applicability of the text and data mining…
The persistence of memorization – Technollama
We’ve now had two recent decisions in the UK and Germany very close together that have dealt with AI and copyright. I won’t go in detail again on the rulings,…
Victory for GEMA in Germany against OpenAI – Technollama
The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court…
Getty Images v Stability AI: A landmark High Court ruling on AI, copyright, and trade marks – Technollama
The much-awaited decision in the lawsuit between stock photography giant Getty Images and AI developer Stability AI has now been released, see: Getty Images v Stability AI EWHC 2863 (Ch).…
Social media sucks, but what’s the alternative? – Technollama
It would be fair to say that we’re going through a period of realisation that social media may not have been such a good thing after all. The list of…
From broadcast to self-cast: The future of AI-made entertainment – Technollama
Recently, I had a marathon of old “sword and sorcery” movies; over a few days I watched films such as ‘Conan the Barbarian’, ‘The Neverending Story’, ‘Excalibur’, ‘Labyrinth’, ‘Highlander’, ‘Legend’,…
Sora 2 and the end of copyright as we know it – Technollama
Something remarkable is happening online, and I don’t quite know how to explain it, but I’ll try. OpenAI has released Sora 2, the latest version of its video-generating tool, and…
Communication to the public is about to shape the future of AI copyright – Technollama
We are probably squarely in the middle of the AI copyright regulatory cycle, judging by previous technological inflexion points. The first half of this cycle has been dominated rightly by…
The Online Safety Act: How not to do internet regulation – Technollama
There’s been quite a lot of talk recently about the UK’s Online Safety Act, mostly negative. This is a perfect storm of Internet regulation, people either decry it for being…