Developing a public-interest training commons of books
Authors Alliance is pleased to announce a new project, supported by the Mellon Foundation, to develop an actionable plan for […]
Book Talk: The Line: AI and the Future of Personhood
Join us for a book talk with legal scholar JAMES BOYLE, discussing his book THE LINE: AI and the Future of Personhood,
Copyright Management Information, 1202(b), and AI
In the recent spate of copyright infringement lawsuits against AI developers, many plaintiffs allege violations of 17 U.S.C. § 1202(b) in their use of copyrighted works for training and development of AI systems.
Who Represents You in the AI Copyright Lawsuits?
Sara Silverman is the author of The Bedwetter, a comedy memoir. Richard Kadrey wrote Sandman Slim, a fantasy novel series.
What is “Derivative Work” in the Digital Age?
Ideas and concepts, including “derivative works,” are only important to the extent they elucidate our understanding of the world. When the use of “derivative works” leads to more confusion than clarity, we should be cautious in adopting the new meaning being superimposed on “derivative works.”
The AI Copyright Hype: Legal Claims That Didn’t Hold Up
Over the past year, two dozen AI-related lawsuits and their myriad infringement claims have been winding their way through the
Clickbait arguments in AI Lawsuits (will number 3 shock you?)
The booming AI industry has sparked heated debates over what AI developers are legally allowed to do. So far, we
Some Initial Thoughts on the US Copyright Office Report on AI and Digital Replicas
On July 31, 2024, the U.S. Copyright Office published Part 1 of its report summarizing the Office’s ongoing initiative of
What happens when your publisher licenses your work for AI training?
Over the last year, we’ve seen a number of major deals inked between companies like OpenAI and news publishers. In
Introducing the Authors Alliance’s First Zine: Can Authors Address AI Bias?
This guest post was jointly authored by Mariah Johnson and Marcus Liou, student attorneys in Georgetown’s Intellectual Property and Information