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…
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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…
Doomscrolling Blues: Reclaiming positivity in social media – Technollama
A common theme here at Llama Towers is to talk about our changing relationship with the Internet as a whole, and with social media specifically. I was both an early…
How many people are using generative AI on a daily basis? A Gemini report – Technollama
I’m currently on sabbatical finishing a couple of papers, and I wanted to find a figure for a footnote. How many daily users are there for generative AI apps? Simple…
20 years of TechnoLlama – Technollama
On the 20th of October 2024, this blog turned 20 years old. I’ve been both dreading and looking forward to this milestone. On the one hand, this is probably one…
The problem with academic publishing – Technollama
My social media timeline has started filling up with angry reactions to the news that several academic publishers have been licensing academic works to AI companies for training purposes without…
What can internet history teach us? – Technollama
People involved in the Internet Regulation area have a recurring joke that the field is like being stuck in some form of digital Groundhog Day, in which we are re-living…