"AI companies are being sued for using copyrighted content without paying creators. Compensation or free information—which side are you on? Let’s debate: https://buff.ly/4htEC18

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AI is coming for your job—doctor, lawyer, journalist, no one’s safe. Litigation will shape this epoch. Fractionally Legal is watching: https://buff.ly/4htEC18

Check out my new post of the implications of Oracle v. Rimini for generative AI: project-disco.org/intellectual...

Just a great time for all the liberal justices to be spelling out how deferential we should be to legislative and executive branch assessments of "national security" interests even if they result in huge speech suppression.

Never, ever let anyone tell you that there is no "moderator's dilemma" in the U.S. because of Section 230. Not when it took Vimeo SIXTEEN YEARS of litigation to defeat claims that ordinary content moderation created "knowledge" or "control," hence forfeiting the DMCA safe harbor for copyright.

Steven Soderbergh with some serious narrative violations on AI and creativity. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/ste...

I’ve been focusing on this issue for nearly 20 years. Trade secret law is blind to the public’s interest in info, and that’s a problem. If the reporter had contacted me, I’d have focused him on that simple fact. It makes trade secret law the most powerful IP law for preventing info access.

@patentbuddy.bsky.social thanks v much for sharing 🙏

I appreciate it! IP Blawg is awesome!

Just double-checking , so our IP & AI Law & Policy Starter Pack has always included the great @marklemley.bsky.social and have added @bringthehuman.bsky.social too thanks to recent conversation. It’s at 150/150 now so you’ll really need to impress to make it onto it ;-) go.bsky.app/5TsAHdR ^G ♦️⚖️👩‍⚖️

Google pushes global agenda to educate workers, lawmakers on AI www.reuters.com/technology/a...

Absolutely not

GenAI has many uses, and it is fair use to train on copyrighted material (just to be clear), but don't use it to be lazy and shirk your creative responsibilities.

@bradheath.bsky.social @marklemley.bsky.social The Twa Dugs? Happy Burns Night as I type this from the Land O'Burns in Ayrshire in Scotland. Best wishes for better times ahead. Gav 🐕⚖️ P.S. I recited this off by heart back in primary school www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/the-twa... #burnsnight

Introducing Lemley's Law on AI Copyright Litigation Acceleration Trends www.intellectualpropertyblawg.com/copyright-la... (Term observed by Professor Mark A. Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social, coined by Gav A. Ward @gavward.bsky.social) #iplaw #copyright #genai #ailaw #lemleyslaw

This is the way.

The marketplace of ideas only works when people are allowed to freely debate important issues AND the best ideas emerge and spread.

If you try to use #ChatGPT, EVEN the "SearchGPT" function, with #Boolean keywords, you will utterly fail. It is a whole different type of searching the web (and again, you ONLY do that with " #SearchGPT," NOT regular ChatGPT). #onlineliteracy #infolit reedhepler.substack.com/p/understand...

"I'm never leaving while you're still... not... leaving."

On remand, the district court in the Bad Spaniels dog toy case holds that the toy is a parody that doesn't confuse consumers, but DOES tarnish the Jack Daniel's mark by associating it with poop. This is an unfortunate consequence of the Supreme Court ruling allowing the dilution claim to survive

“This case is about dog toys and whiskey” “two items seldom appearing in the same sentence.” www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/u...

Genius from a law professor cc @lawprofblawg.bsky.social #copyright #iplitigation #lemleyslaw

Third Edition, written in the style of Lord Denning. Third time lucky 🤞 chatgpt.com/share/6792bb... #copyright #futureoflaw ^G

Is Moore's law of copyright and generative AI that the number of AI copyright suits doubles every 18 months? 😀

Does Moore’s Law work in a similar way to the practical application and enforcement of copyright law? Here are my and (mostly) AI’s thoughts on the subject chatgpt.com/share/6792b6... Enjoy, share, comment, pay it forward. Thank you. ^G #copyright #law #intellectualproperty #ailaw

Jack Newton, CEO and co-founder of @goclio.bsky.social, is spending his TeamDay keynote recentering #TeamClio to our mission: ‘Transforming the legal experience for all.’ ‘If we succeed, it won’t be an incremental change. It will be an audacious metamorphosis that brings #A2J to everyone.’

@denniscrouch.bsky.social thanks very much for following Sir - looks like you’re very well connected in the IP and AI law space ^G

2 of 5 - IP protection is a cornerstone of business law. It’s not just about safeguarding innovations but also ensuring a company’s value is protected during M&A. Poor IP due diligence can derail deals. Follow @ipblawg.bsky.social for the latest on IP in business law.

Here's to the next 55 ;-) #LawSky #IP #Law #Copyright ^G

ICYMI

I'm honored to be a part of this starter pack of Author's Guild members, and I'm proud that my membership in America's oldest writer's guild protect free speech, honor copyright, and ensure fair compensation practices. Follow here: go.bsky.app/4hXrQRu

Just created a new Starter Pack for Copyright Library folks go.bsky.app/HNE6FKF

There's an EU Policy one and a Copyright nerds one (US), but not an EU one. bsky.app/starter-pack...

A starter pack of organizations in the Re:Create Coalition for balanced copyright (including @libraryfutures.bsky.social 🥰)! Follow follow! go.bsky.app/E3vgwHR

Great thread here re #ai #copyright #ailaw thanks very much @marshdavies.bsky.social - IP lawyers may want to add their two cents :-

Ahem. FYI, the UK government's consultation on AI and copyright remains open until 25 February. www.gov.uk/government/c...

It should be balanced for all ⚖️ #davidvsgoliath

Incredibly large disconnect

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3. I have fired Meta as a client. While I think they are on the right side in the generative AI copyright dispute in which I represented them, and I hope they win, I cannot in good conscience serve as their lawyer any longer 4/4

#StarterPack emphasis on platforms, competition law, digital rights, tech regulation, press freedom, market dominance, surviellance capitalism, and tech landscape within EU (Copyright Directive, Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Digital Fairness Act, GDPR & AI Act). bsky.app/starter-pack...

Since approximately gazillion people have joined lately, I’ve updated my extremely random starter pack of UK and Europe tech, AI, law & policy folk go.bsky.app/TJ2xTce

Here's Jeanne Fromer's IP Prof Starter pack -- gotta catch em all (I'd love to be added, Jeanne, if possible!) go.bsky.app/EUN2DAN

Reposting this IP profs starter pack for newcomers. Let me know if you’d like to be added go.bsky.app/EUN2DAN

www.dentons.com/en/insights/... #ip #ai #lawsky

#ff IP & tech law legend Eoin O’Dell @cearta.bsky.social . You know how over the holidays you lose track of which day of the week it is? I thought I’d take a punt on a #FollowFriday… or next year it’s going to stand for Five Fantastic … Lawyers… @ff-lawyers.bsky.social #ffl ^G 🤖 🧙‍♂️

At long last, my article about fair use defenses in disruptive technology cases--from photocopying to generative Ai--is finally out in the UCLA Law Review www.uclalawreview.org/fair-use-def...