Fair use is a concept in US copyright law that was created to balance the exclusive rights of copyright owners and the needs of everyday users of copyrighted material. Fair use of copyrighted works, ...

Everyone — including lawyers and judges — likes simple legal rules. And the copyright act seems to provide one, with its fair use provision listing four factors. So determining fair use should be as ...

In one of the most closely-watched copyright cases this year, a Delaware court rejected defendant, ROSS Intelligence’s (“ROSS”), fair use and other defenses by vacating its previous stance and ...

"Rather than walking through the four-factor fair use analysis for each case, this column will discuss two significant caveats that these decisions have added to the ongoing debate in the courts about ...

“As the AI and copyright battles unfold in the courts and the fair use doctrine is put to the test, some economic and technical analysis can help shed the light on the fair use factors, providing the ...

This workshop equips graduate students and faculty advisors with essential knowledge about using copyrighted materials in dissertations and theses. Learn to identify when copyrighted materials require ...

Generative AI has emerged as a transformative force in technology, creating text, art, music and code that can rival human efforts. However, its rise has sparked significant debates around copyright ...

“Applying the fair use doctrine to generative AI presents novel and complex challenges that stretch the boundaries of traditional copyright analysis.” The advent of generative AI brings to the ...

For a regularly updated case tracker covering intellectual property and privacy-related lawsuits concerning GenAI (including more decisions addressing fair use), see Generative AI: Federal Litigation ...

A judge’s decision that Anthropic‘s use of copyrighted books to train its AI models is a “fair use” is likely only the start of lengthy litigation to resolve one of the most hotly contested questions ...

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The allegedly infringing Tweet, from the court file; I've redacted the last name and part of the face, just as a matter of editorial discretion. From Judge George Daniels' opinion Tuesday in MCM Group ...