Copyright & Social Media
Communications Law
“Webtoons” and Generative A.I. in South Korea – Is Artistic Style Copyrightable?
I came across an interesting situation unfolding in South Korea regarding the development of image generating A.I. for web comics (commonly known as “webtoons” in Korea). As a preface, I would like to highlight that I do not know much about webtoons nor about industry all that well. I tried my best translating Korean to […]
Sweden™?
Hi everyone, I recently came across an interesting Forbes article about Sweden’s efforts to trademark its name, making it the first country in the world to apply to do so. As the article notes, it’s unclear whether this application is a marketing move or an initiative by Visit Sweden (the country’s tourism board) “to protect […]
OpenAI defeats news outlets’ copyright lawsuit over AI training, for now
I came across this interesting article that neatly ties into what the class has covered on Copyright in the last few classes. I find the New York district court has ruled in an unfortunate way, as it seems that AI-learning algorithms can seemingly circumvent traditional copyright protections. It seems that at least in the state […]
Podcast: Interview with Canadian Entertainment Lawyer and drummer of “One Bad Son”: Kurt Dahl the “Lawyer-Drummer”
Kurt Dahl the “Lawyer/Drummer”
Week 8 Fall 2024 – Slides & Video
Will discuss the most important aspects of this pre-recorded class next Monday.
US Copyright Office Rejects DMCA Exemption for Remote Access to Libraries’ Video Game Collections
Hi everyone! I would like to share with you an interesting article I came across on findlaw.com that discusses a recent decision by the U.S. Copyright Office following a petition for an exemption under Section 1201 of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act to make video game collections remotely accessible for scientific research. The Digital Millennium […]