Copyright law governs the legal ownership, infringement and fair-use protections applied to creative works in the digital age. Truncated covers copyright lawsuits, policy debates, licensing agreements and legal rulings involving artificial intelligence systems and training data.
AI-generated summary Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI are supporting a proposed policy token designed to let publishers opt out of AI training via their robots.txt file. While Anthropic says it is rolling out adoption of the signal now, Google and Microsoft aim to support it in 2027.
AI-generated summary Research from Piano shows that fewer than 20% of its publisher customers use aggressive AI-bot blocking while 30% use none at all. Data from Piano indicates that less than 0.1% of publisher traffic comes from AI tools because large language models keep users inside their own environments.
AI-generated summary The podcast features an interview with Mitch Glazier, who serves as chairman and CEO of the RIAA. The discussion covers how the RIAA, record labels, artists, and fans are unhappy with big AI companies for training on work without permission.
AI-generated summary Director Ruairi Robinson used a two-line prompt in Seedance 2.0 to create a viral video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, illustrating how easily users can produce Hollywood-tier artificial intelligence content. Disney subsequently sent ByteDance a cease-and-desist letter alleging that the company had hijacked iconic creations by distributing derivative works featuring those characters.
AI-generated summary As authors face growing accusations of using artificial intelligence to write their books, software developers are offering paper trail tools to track and document the writing process. While platforms like Workings, Blindproof, Wintertext, Human Ink, and ObraVera promise to help prove human authorship or track copyright provenance, industry experts note these tools are not foolproof.
AI-generated summary Richard Driscoll published an artificial intelligence generated sequel to Return of the Living Dead titled The Return of the Living Dead: Aftermath, according to reports. The original cast members expressed dismay because they did not consent to the use of artificial intelligence or the inclusion of their likenesses in the project.
AI-generated summary Rights holders for Elvis Presley and Eminem filed separate lawsuits against Suno claiming the music generator committed copyright infringement by using artist likenesses to create artificial intelligence songs. Suno stated in response that it prohibits unauthorized use of artist work and specific artist names while screening for potential misuse.
AI-generated summary Elvis Presley rights holders and Eminem music publishers are suing the artificial intelligence music company Suno over alleged voice and identity clones. Suno spokesperson Cat McCormack states that the company exists to help people create original music and prohibits any unauthorized use of artist work.
AI-generated summary The global music body IFPI has warned the Albanese government that weakening copyright protections for AI companies would be dangerous for creativity. IFPI CEO Victoria Oakley stated that allowing AI companies access to online content would damage Australia and set a concerning global precedent.
AI-generated summary Directors Guild president Christopher Nolan stated that the Guild is holding studios accountable for protecting copyrighted materials from artificial intelligence. Nolan noted during an interview that his Academy Award contender The Odyssey includes a legal warning against using the film to train artificial intelligence data.
AI-generated summary The social media account Meow Ziqi features three artificial intelligence-generated cats cooking traditional Chinese dishes and practising heritage crafts. Insiders warn that this emerging sector faces scrutiny regarding intellectual property rights and simulated emotional bonds.
AI-generated summary LeBron James sent a cease-and-desist letter to Bron AI after the sports-betting analytics app used an unauthorized artificial intelligence-generated version of his likeness and voice in a promotional video. A spokesperson for James stated that the athlete is not affiliated with the platform, while representatives demanded the company permanently stop using his likeness and remove the advertisement.
AI-generated summary Max Richter told Mishal Husain that artificial intelligence systems were built using stolen data. Richter stated that human composers ought to receive payment when artificial intelligence utilizes their work to create music.
AI-generated summary Ben Werdmuller discusses the Ballot Brief, an AI-built reference site controlled by Ben Torres Ezrick that was designed to influence election questions. Public Knowledge and Creative Commons produced a document describing threats and potential solutions regarding the information economy and content scraping.
AI-generated summary Suno filed a legal motion available in federal court to dismiss the proposed class action lawsuit brought against it by Jason Isbell and other musicians. Suno argues in the filing that right-of-publicity claims fail because artist names are used merely as shorthand for musical genres rather than as direct prompts.
AI-generated summary A Brazilian court made the ruling available to stop Meta from collecting content from local media outlets to train its artificial intelligence models. The decision cements the country's role as an antagonist of Big Tech following allegations from Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
AI-generated summary Publisher trade groups including the News Media Alliance are pressing Meta to change planned terms regarding AI scraping. Trade bodies like the PPA propose separating permissions so publishers can allow link previews while blocking AI training.
AI-generated summary According to reports, a fanfiction clone site scraped Archive of Our Own and charged for audiobook versions before shutting down after receiving over 2,000 takedown requests. The archive repository Archive of Our Own remains offline following a security incident while authors express concern over unauthorized scraping and monetization of their works.
AI-generated summary Publisher trade groups and leaders are pressing Meta to alter its planned terms of service regarding journalism use in AI tools. Meta announced it would consult with industry groups before updating terms, but publishers remain concerned about their leverage.
AI-generated summary Alphabet shareholder Phil Rosen has made available a derivative lawsuit against Sundar Pichai and 12 other executives and directors over how Google trained its AI models, including Lyria. The complaint alleges that Alphabet leaders implemented an unlawful business strategy to build AI services on copyrighted works without obtaining proper licenses or permissions.
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