What’s Original Enough for Copyright Protection?
Texas music and trademark attorney Tamera Bennett and film and theatrical attorney Gordon Firemark review and update the latest cases on copyright fair use, artificial intelligence and IP, and the criminal case against Alec Baldwin. This and much more on Episode 165 of the Entertainment Law Update Podcast.
EPisode Highlights
No Vicarious and Contributory Copyright Infringement Claims are Winning In AI Case
The majority of the copyright infringement and related claims from dual-class action lawsuits brought by lead plaintiff Sarah Silverman against defendants OpenAI and Meta have been dismissed. In two separate cases the judge has dismissed claims of vicaraous and contributory infringement. Claims of direct copyright infringement continue as the plaintiff’s attempt to prove their case that training the machine learning AI software with author’s creative works is copyright infringement.
Jury Finds No Substantial Similarity Between Tattoo and the “Copyrighted” Reference Photo
On January 27, 2024 a jury held celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D was not liable for using photographer Jeffery Sedlik’s photo of Miles Davis as a reference for her tattoo art of Davis
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