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Legal boffins weigh in on Meta’s AI copyright case with leading academics split on critical fair use debate

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Artificial Intelligence • 5 min read

Legal boffins weigh in on Meta’s AI copyright case with leading academics split on critical fair use debate

Law professors have submitted amicus briefs in relation to the copyright lawsuit over Meta’s Llama AI model. Ten professors insist that AI training is not fair use, meaning Meta infringed copyright by using books to train its model without rightsholder permission. But four other professors disagree…

Chris Cooke • 15 Apr 2025

Music industry, movie studios and tech companies welcome reintroduction of digital replica right creating NO FAKES Act in Congress

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Artificial Intelligence • 4 min read

Music industry, movie studios and tech companies welcome reintroduction of digital replica right creating NO FAKES Act in Congress

The music industry has welcomed the reintroduction of the NO FAKES Act in US Congress, which will introduce a new right allowing performers to control their voice and likeness in the context of AI. Some tech and digital companies are supportive too, though others still have some concerns…

Chris Cooke • 10 Apr 2025

Suno AI’s faulty guardrails mean its ‘ReMi’ lyric model will spit out entire lyrical works with basic prompting

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Suno • 4 min read

Suno AI’s faulty guardrails mean its ‘ReMi’ lyric model will spit out entire lyrical works with basic prompting

CMU has been able to get Suno AI to generate entire lyrics for well known songs, something that the company’s founder Mikey Shulman has previously implied should not be possible because of its “aggressive originality-guarding features” that stop people “trying to copy existing music”…

Sam Taylor • 02 Apr 2025

Korean collecting society says AI-assisted works cannot be registered

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Korean collecting society says AI-assisted works cannot be registered

Korean collecting society KOMCA has told its members that songs and compositions created using AI cannot be registered with the organisation. Which means if AI has played any role in the creation of a song, it can’t be registered or earn royalties. At least for the time being…

Chris Cooke • 02 Apr 2025

Creative industries reject the EU’s new AI code of practice saying it sets “dangerous precedents” and undermines copyright law

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Artificial Intelligence • 4 min read

Creative industries reject the EU’s new AI code of practice saying it sets “dangerous precedents” and undermines copyright law

The EU’s AI Office has been working on a code of practice for how technology companies should comply with the EU AI Act. The creative industries have now strongly criticised the current draft of that code, insisting it undermines the copyright and transparency obligations contained in the act…

Chris Cooke • 28 Mar 2025

Music publishers’ lawsuit against Anthropic cut down by the judge, though core copyright complaints remain

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Anthropic • 4 min read

Music publishers’ lawsuit against Anthropic cut down by the judge, though core copyright complaints remain

A judge has dismissed various elements of the lawsuit that the Universal, Concord and ABKCO music publishing companies filed against AI business Anthropic, and declined to issue an injunction stopping it from using their lyrics. However, the publishers’ core copyright infringement claim will proceed…

Chris Cooke • 27 Mar 2025

RIAA urges Donald Trump to instigate pro-copyright AI Action Plan

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RIAA urges Donald Trump to instigate pro-copyright AI Action Plan

The RIAA has set out its arguments regarding copyright and AI as part of the consultation that will inform Donald Trump’s AI Action Plan. It insists that AI innovation and strong copyright protection are not “mutually exclusive”, urging the US government to take a pro-copyright approach…

Chris Cooke • 21 Mar 2025

UK government to offer additional concessions to creative industries as it proceeds with AI copyright exception plan

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UK government to offer additional concessions to creative industries as it proceeds with AI copyright exception plan

The deadline for a government consultation on copyright and AI passed yesterday. Ministers want to introduce a new copyright exception for AI companies but, sources say, now plan to propose additional concessions for the creative industries after a high profile campaign against the new exception…

Chris Cooke • 26 Feb 2025

1000+ musicians collaborate on silent protest album as deadline arrives for UK government’s big AI consultation

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Artificial Intelligence • 5 min read

1000+ musicians collaborate on silent protest album as deadline arrives for UK government’s big AI consultation

Today is the deadline for the UK government’s consultation on copyright and AI, including the proposed new copyright exception for AI companies. The music industry strongly opposes that proposal and, with that in mind, more than a 1000 artists have together released a silent album in protest…

Chris Cooke • 25 Feb 2025

MPs urge government to maintain AI and copyright amendments in Data Bill to “protect our creative industries”

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Artificial Intelligence • 4 min read

MPs urge government to maintain AI and copyright amendments in Data Bill to “protect our creative industries”

Last month the House Of Lords amended the UK government's Data Bill to add some copyright obligations for AI companies. The bill was debated in the House Of Commons yesterday, where some MPs urged the government to retain those amendments in order to “protect our creative industries”…

Chris Cooke • 13 Feb 2025

US judge demolishes fair use defence in what could be landmark AI lawsuit

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Artificial Intelligence • 3 min read

US judge demolishes fair use defence in what could be landmark AI lawsuit

An AI company’s fair use defence in a copyright legal battle filed by Thomson Reuters has been rejected by an American judge. It’s a significant ruling because of the numerous US lawsuits against AI companies, including those filed by the music industry, that centre on the fair use defence…

Chris Cooke • 12 Feb 2025

Max Richter tells MPs that artists “must have the right to determine” how their music is used by AI

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Max Richter tells MPs that artists “must have the right to determine” how their music is used by AI

Yesterday the UK Parliament put the spotlight on copyright and AI again, with Max Richter among those to speak on behalf of creators. He criticised the “erosion of copyright” being proposed by the government, which is considering introducing a new copyright exception for AI companies…

Chris Cooke • 05 Feb 2025