Copyright & Social Media
Communications Law
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 […]
Judge Dismisses Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against OpenAI
On Thursday, November 7, a New York district court dismissed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI that accused the company of misusing copyrighted material to train ChatGPT. News outlets Raw Story and AlterNet filed the copyright infringement lawsuit in February. The district judge ruled that the news outlets had not shown sufficient harm caused by ChatGPT […]
CanLII v. Caseway: Future of AI-generated Legal Databases on Trial
Resonating with our latest class discussion, in a fresh claim filed at the BC Supreme Court, the beloved CanLII gets in a legal dispute with Caseway, a company using AI as a legal researcher assistant to provide clients with legal information for a subscription fee. CanLII alleges that the company “coordinated the bulk and systematic […]