Tag Archives: Copyright

18Jan/24

dee vs jay

January 18, 2024MusicCopyright, Dee, Dee Jay, Fair use, Jay Favor, Mashup, United States copyright lawadmin

Jan. 18, 2024 /Music/ — There are various YouTube mashups and mixes titled “dee vs jay,” “dee & jay,” and “dee, jay and becky,” information on them as a music duo is limited. Here’s what public: Continue reading →

05May/23

What is going on with Ed Sheeran?

May 5, 2023LegalAlbums, Copyright, Copyright infringement, Copyright law of the United States, Ed Sheeran, File sharing, Let's Get It On, Marvin Gaye, Musicians, New York City, Songs, Thinking Out Loud, Xadmin

Ed Sheeran has won a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the family of Marvin Gaye. The lawsuit alleged that Sheeran’s 2014 hit song “Thinking Out Loud” copied elements of Gaye’s 1973 song “Let’s Get It On.”

A jury in New York City deliberated for about three hours before finding Sheeran not liable for copyright infringement. Sheeran testified during the trial that he did not copy Gaye’s song and that any similarities between the two songs were coincidental. Continue reading →

28Apr/23

What is the EU proposal regulation on generative AI?

April 28, 2023DevelopersAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Computational neuroscience, Copyright, Cybernetics, Intellectual property law, Technologyadmin

The European Commission proposed a regulation on Artificial Intelligence (AI), also known as the AI Act. The AI Act is the first-ever legal framework on AI by a major regulator anywhere. The AI Act aims to ensure that AI systems placed on the market in the European Union are trustworthy and do not pose unacceptable risks to people, fundamental rights, or the environment. Continue reading →

18Apr/23

ChatGPT: what the law says about who owns the copyright of AI-generated content

April 18, 2023LegalArticles, Artificial intelligence, Copyright, Copyright law, Creative Commons, Intellectual property law, Joe Sekhon, Law, Liu, Microsoft, Monopoly, Oleksandra Ozcan, Public domain, Public records, Sercan Ozcan, SHUTTERSTOCK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom copyright lawadmin

Sercan Ozcan, University of Portsmouth; Joe Sekhon, University of Portsmouth, and Oleksandra Ozcan, University of Portsmouth

The AI chatbot ChatGPT produces content that can appear to have been created by a human. There are many proposed uses for the technology, but its impressive capabilities raise important questions about ownership of the content.

UK legislation has a definition for computer-generated works. Under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 they are “generated by computer in circumstances such that there is no human author of the work”. The law suggests content generated by an artificial intelligence (AI) can be protected by copyright. However, the original sources of answers generated by AI chatbots can be difficult to trace – and they might include copyrighted works.

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