If you’ve been following the AI scene, you may have seen a video by Corridor Crew entitled Anime Rock, Paper, Scissors. The video is a short animation telling the story of twin brothers who want to gain control of an unnamed kingdom, and one challenges the other to the Holy Read more
I have now uploaded my latest article on copyright and artificial intelligence to SSRN, and I’m looking for constructive feedback (the article can be found here or if SSRN isn’t working, here). I’ve entitled it “A Scanner Darkly: Copyright Infringement in Artificial Intelligence Inputs and Outputs” in part as a Read more
Luxury brand Hermès has won a trademark jury trial in New York against artist Mason Rothschild. The dispute was over Rothschild’s NFT collection MetaBirkins, which are sold on the marketplace SuperRare, consisting of links to images of furry Birkin bags. The jury awarded Hermès $133,000 USD in damages for trademark Read more
What many of us had expected has finally happened, artist have sued for copyright infringement a couple of AI companies, as well as an art repository site (complaint here). Is this the end of AI tools? I don’t think so, I’ll try to explain why, this will not be a Read more
I like Twitter. There are many things not to like about the site nowadays, but to me it remains a very interesting and vibrant place in which to spend my time. But after Elon Musk’s takeover, it has often been difficult to justify the reasons why I’m still spending time Read more
Courtesy of the Commercial Law Court in Barcelona (Juzgado de lo Mercantil), we are getting one of the very first rulings dealing with the interface between intellectual property, NFTs, and the metaverse (previous decisions have been about property itself). In other words, perfect Technollama territory (text of the decision here). Read more
This was generated with AI Article Writer 3.0, I didn’t edit a single word, you be the judge (thanks to Philippe Jougleux for the idea). Link to the header image here, created with Midjourney. Copyright Law in the Digital Age: A Legal Analysis of AI and Copyright Cases Image Read more
One of the few bragging rights that we have here at Llama Towers is that this blog has gained a reputation as a place where new legal issues get a discussion before they hit the academic mainstream. Virtual worlds, open source, software patents, cryptocurrencies, blockchains, AI, and NFTs, all have Read more
The copyright wars are back, and this time the conflict is all about artificial intelligence. While most of the public has been paying attention to what is going on with AI art tools such as DALL-E, the current stage of AI development started with text tools, particularly GPT-3 and the Read more
On Tuesday 11 October 2022 I gave evidence to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee. Beforehand we were given a set of questions to prepare. While this does not reflect the final version of my statements, it covers most of what was said (I will post a link Read more