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,…
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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…
Revisiting copyright infringement in AI inputs and outputs – Technollama
I’ve been busy in recent weeks writing my last project for the summer, a book chapter on AI and copyright for the next edition of Law, Policy and the Internet,…
AI and Copyright in the UK – Technollama
(This is the text of a recent short piece I published on SSRN, it’s short enough to be turned into a blog post, but it’s written in a more formal…
How AI is breaking traditional remuneration models – Technollama
It’s been a busy few weeks in the AI and copyright beat, and while I’ve been following all of the developments closely, I haven’t had the time to react to…
Disney and Universal sue Midjourney for copyright infringement – Technollama
In a spectacular development in the AI wars, Disney and several studios have sued the AI image-generating company Midjourney for copyright infringement (complaint here). To say that this has generated…
First case on AI and copyright referred to the CJEU – Technollama
Most people who have been paying attention to the copyright and AI debate in Europe have been expecting that at some point the Court of Justice of the European Union…
How did “openness” fall out of fashion? – Technollama
Something curious has been occurring in the world of digital rights. Openness, once one of the cornerstones of Internet culture, has lost its shine. There used to be a time…
The Appstore killed the Website Star – Technollama
I was recently trying to buy a train ticket using a Web platform which shall remain nameless for obvious reasons. I have been using the site for years to buy…