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ContractsProf Blog
Friday Frivolity: Santos v. Kimmel
We posted about this case two years ago, not long after it first arose. Here’s a quick summary from the original complaint: Using pseudonyms, Jimmy Kimmel allegedly created fourteen fake…
Missouri Lawyers Media
Microsoft exec called AI the ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, court records show
Home>National News>Microsoft exec called AI the ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, court records showDepositphotos.com image Listen to this article In Brief Brent Hecht called AI training largest theft of…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
NY Times Copyright suit again OpenAI and Microsoft heating up!
By Peter Vogel
The NewYorkTimes.com reported that “Court filings made Friday in a closely watched copyright trial pitting The New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft invoked a wide range of material, including…
Copyright Lately
Copying? Definitely. Infringement? Maybe.
By Aaron Moss
A music photographer says artist Elizabeth Peyton turned his photo of Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher kissing into a painting, which sold at Sotheby’s for $1.92 million. Liam and…
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
A 512(f) Case Survived a Motion to Dismiss. Guess What Happened Next–Channel 781 v. WCAC
By Eric Goldman
The court describes the case: Plaintiff Channel 781 News (“Channel 781”) is a YouTube-based news outlet focusing on local affairs in Waltham, Massachusetts. Channel 781 posted clips from Waltham municipal…
ILN IP Insider
Blogga, Don’t Take My Kodachrome (Without My Okay):
By James P. Flynn of Epstein Becker Green
SokolskyFilm, Fair Use, and Why Context Might Soon Be Everything In Copyright By James P. Flynn, Epstein Becker Green They give us those nice bright colors/Give us the greens of…
Copyright Lately
Inside the Strange Copyright Fight Over America’s Most Famous Home Movie
By Aaron Moss
Six decades after the JFK assassination, a conspiracy book dragged the Zapruder film into a new copyright dispute. A Dallas judge just decided which claims survive. The federal courthouse in…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
LLMs think they have “fair use” of all Copyrighted works!
By Peter Vogel
Computerworld.com reported that “They all use vast amounts of copyrighted material to train their large language models (LLMs) without paying the copyright holders. In other words, they steal it. They…
Copyright Lately
What’s Up With Copyright Lately?: Summer Breeze Edition
By Aaron Moss
Reaction videos, reggaetón riddims, nine-year-old tweets, and a poet’s second loss to Taylor Swift. The courts spent the run-up to summer clearing their dockets. Here’s what piled up. Welcome to…
TheTMCA.com
FIFA’s Strict Trademark Enforcement: Could the Trademark Fair Use Exception Apply to the World’s Game?
The 2026 World Cup is in full swing across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. FIFA closely guards the intellectual property surrounding the World Cup, including word marks associated with the…