It’s been a while since we had a proper digital property and virtual gold story here at Llama Towers, I have to admit that it’s been mostly AI for the last few years. But a recent decision in the Court
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TechnoLlama is a blog published by TechnoLlama that focuses on legal issues surrounding artificial intelligence, copyright, and data mining exceptions, particularly in the context of recent court decisions in Europe. It covers cases involving AI training data, copyright infringement claims against AI developers, and the implications of these rulings for intellectual property law. The blog also discusses broader societal and legal concerns related to technology, such as the impact of social media on mental health and democracy. The content is centered on the intersection of technology, law, and policy, with a focus on AI and copyright litigation.
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Why We Need Tech Lawyers to Shine Again
Text from my editorial in IIC. In courtrooms across the globe, a quiet crisis is brewing. As the number of artificial intelligence copyright litigations increases, judges are being asked to decide the fate of technologies that often operate in dimensions…
We need to talk about the EU TDM exception and AI training
Following the recent decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and last year’s Kneschke v LAION, we now have two German courts grappling with the applicability of the text and data mining exceptions to AI training. Despite arriving at different outcomes, LAION…
The persistence of memorization
We’ve now had two recent decisions in the UK and Germany very close together that have dealt with AI and copyright. I won’t go in detail again on the rulings, you can read the previous posts discussing them here and…
Victory for GEMA in Germany against OpenAI
The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court ruling. On the surface, this looks like a clear defeat…
Getty Images v Stability AI: A landmark High Court ruling on AI, copyright, and trade marks
The much-awaited decision in the lawsuit between stock photography giant Getty Images and AI developer Stability AI has now been released, see: Getty Images v Stability AI [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch) (HTML version here). I’ve discussed this case before, but…
Social media sucks, but what’s the alternative?
It would be fair to say that we’re going through a period of realisation that social media may not have been such a good thing after all. The list of serious complaints continues to grow. Social media is making our…
From broadcast to self-cast: The future of AI-made entertainment
Recently, I had a marathon of old “sword and sorcery” movies; over a few days I watched films such as ‘Conan the Barbarian’, ‘The Neverending Story’, ‘Excalibur’, ‘Labyrinth’, ‘Highlander’, ‘Legend’, ‘Ladyhawke’, ‘The Princess Bride’, ‘Willow’, ‘Krull’, and ‘Dragonslayer’. It was…
Sora 2 and the end of copyright as we know it
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 it has landed with a bang. Before launch, Sam Altman…
Communication to the public is about to shape the future of AI copyright
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 copyright input cases, that is, cases that try to discern…