This is the third post in a series about the Copyright Wars (previous posts here and here), which I’ve written given the growing interest regarding copyright prompted by the rise of generative AI. This is a rather basic list of things that I see people getting wrong all the time, Read more…
In a previous post we provided the background of what some call the Copyright Wars, delineating the sides and the parties. While legal conflicts about copyright have been raging since its inception, this post will only cover the modern conflicts that arose after the Internet came into being. This short Read more…
My social timeline has been abuzz with the latest copyright decision regarding the Internet Archive, which lost its appeal in the copyright lawsuit from Hachette. In the words of a colleague, this is a “disappointing but not unforeseen” development; the lower court ruling left little room for an appeal to Read more…
It’s been an interesting couple of years here in Llama Towers. While AI has long been a subject of interest to this blog, it’s undeniable that the subject has exploded recently due to the growing number of generative AI tools made available to the wider public. Only two years ago Read more…
Fables is a popular comic book series written by Bill Willingham that follows characters from fairy tales who have formed a clandestine community in New York. Willingham is the sole writer of the entire series, which features artwork from several artists, primarily Mark Buckingham. The comic books are published by Read more…
Please gather around, and listen to this cautionary tale of schadenfreude and greed. This is not a tale for the faint of heart; it involves a cabal of crypto-enthusiasts working on a decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO), a failed film adaptation by Alejandro Jodorowsky of the classic book Dune , and Read more…
The first experience that most modern creators will have of copyright is through social media, and particularly through YouTube. In the early days of the network, YouTube had the reputation that it was mostly built on infringing content, users would upload video clips and sometimes entire shows without permission, and Read more…
There is a very interesting dispute taking place in cryptocurrency circles right now that has nothing to do with price, hacking, exchanges, or any other of the usual hot topics surrounding this area. This time copyright is being used to try to answer one of the most important questions for Read more…
Last week we talked about the agreed text of the new copyright directive, particularly the problems presented by Article 13. Perhaps what is lost in all of the discussion is precisely why such a toxic proposal is being discussed and where does it come from. It is impossible to understand Read more…
Habitual readers may have noticed that I have been obsessed with artificial intelligence copyright for quite a while, almost as long as I have been interested in simian authorship. For anyone interested in revisiting some of the arguments, I have written an article on this topic. The subject has exploded Read more…