Copyright & Social Media
Communications Law
An overview of sampling
Hi everyone! There have been some questions about samples, so I decided to write this piece that touches upon use and history of sampling, and also considers why copyright owners don’t sue more frequently over the use of samples. Defining “samples” Samples are short pieces of recorded music or sounds that can be inserted into […]
EDM Video with Live Sampling
IMG_9742 Hi everyone! Hope you’re all enjoying reading break. I wanted to share this video I took last Friday night at an EDM concert. In the clip, Timmy Trumpet is sampling a song by David Guetta, which is in turn itself sampling a song by Eiffel 65. It reminded me of our discussion last class […]
Week 6 Spring 2023 Slides & Video
Slides & video below… Jon
Using copyrighted images to train AI
This lawsuit was briefly mentioned in last week’s news of the week and has particular relevance to what we’re currently covering in class. Getty images is currently suing Stability AI, an AI based image generator, alleging they copied 12 million images belonging to Getty to train it’s AI model. This case is particularly interesting to […]
Week 5 Spring 2023 Slides & Video
Slides and video below… Jon
ChatGPT creating content for BuzzFeed
Hi everyone! I recently came across an article that discussed how BuzzFeed will be creating some of its content using ChatGPT. The use of AI technology for content creation seems to be in its early stage, and BuzzFeed’s CEO said that the company is currently looking to use it for limited purpose – to generate […]
Week 4 Spring 2023 Slides & Video
Slides & video below. Unfortunately my human error is to blame for the lack of sound for the first while. Jon