I haven’t really written about machine consciousness, super-intelligence, or artificial general intelligence (AGI) before; I never felt the need, and some of the questions on AI consciousness are entirely outside of my area of expertise. I have always assumed that Read more
If you asked me to name the topic I’d class as my core academic specialisation, you’d probably guess artificial intelligence, and you’d be wrong, or at least premature, that one came later. The real answer is openness: open access, open Read more
If you were paying attention to music news last month, you may have come across a curious story, unnerving even depending on your priors. An AI-generated artist called IngaRose climbed to the top of the iTunes music charts after becoming Read more
Regular readers will know that I have been interested in the pastiche exception for a while now, mostly because it has always struck me as the most underused exceptions under modern copyright law in Europe and the UK. Perhaps it Read more
The last few weeks I have witnessed a number of interesting discussions breaking out on social media. A couple of weeks ago a US-based academic admitted using AI in some of his writing, which prompted a response from a prominent Read more
I’ve been following the CJEU case C-250/25 Like Company v Google hearing with interest (my initial thoughts on the case here). I won’t attempt to cover the entirety of the proceedings, I’ve already accumulated plenty of notes for that, but Read more
If you have been online recently you may have seen a variation of a story that reads something like this: “The US Supreme Court declares that AI generated works aren’t copyrightable.” I won’t name and shame all of the places Read more
A few months ago we were pondering a few things about the future of media here at Llama Towers. I speculated about a world where you could generate your own Star Wars trilogy based on the Timothy Zahn’s novels, fix Read more
It’s been a while since we had a proper digital property and virtual gold story here at Llama Towers, I have to admit that it’s been mostly AI for the last few years. But a recent decision in the Court Read more
Text from my editorial in IIC. In courtrooms across the globe, a quiet crisis is brewing. As the number of artificial intelligence copyright litigations increases, judges are being asked to decide the fate of technologies that often operate in dimensions Read more