In a US$360 million deal, Swift now owns the master recordings to her first six albums.
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Writers’ concerns about AI are not only about payment; they are about consent, trust and the future of their profession.
Nagi Maehashi has accused the author of Bake with Brooki of plagiarising two of her recipes: for caramel slice and baklava. Big money is involved.
Some DJs who release illegal, unauthorized remixes are lauded by electronic dance music fans and artists, while others are condemned for it. A new study looks at why this is.
Studio Ghibli’s founder Hayao Miyazaki has been critical of AI previously. Now, ChatGPT is generating images in his world-famous animation style.
Australian authors are among those caught up in Meta’s use of LibGen, an illegal book repository, to train its AI. What are the legal implications?
AI-powered voice cloning apps are now easily accessible and cost as little as $100 to use. The law needs to catch up. But how?
A sale of AI art at famed auction house Christie’s could change how we think about creativity – if it’s not cancelled first.
How will content creators be compensated for material used by artificial intelligence? Disputes involving tech giants such as Google and Meta illustrate the issues involved.
The UK approach to AI looks set to differ from the EU.
Raygun is unlikely to be able to claim intellectual property over her name, her persona and her dance moves.
A group of Canadian news media companies are suing OpenAI for using their content, claiming that it is not covered under copyright exemptions.
Where are the limits to using AI honestly and transparently? 3 philosophies can help the debate: deontological ethics, consequentialism and virtue ethics.
Links have been essential tools for navigating the web and sourcing information – but they are on the decline as tech companies try to keep audiences from clicking away.
Even after departing this world, artists have plenty of legal tools to protect their creative vision.
After news, art and music, generative AI has found a new resource to mine: academia
Generative AI music apps Suno and Udio are alleged to have copied significant amounts of famous recordings.
The legal action means thousands of songs may be deemed in violation of copyright. This would establish a precedent for future copyright claims based on popular rhythms.
Irwin’s legal team threatened to sue Pauline Hanson’s party for defamation, but no legal proceedings have been initiated. Australia’s patchy laws in this area likely put a stop to it.
The AI train has left the station. Now, guardrails need to be hastily built to keep the technology from running the music industry off the tracks.
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Professor of Intellectual Property Law, City St George's, University of London
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of New England
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Associate Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Law Honours Candidate, University of Canberra
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Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Regents Professor of Law and Communication and Director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property, Texas A&M University
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, Brunel University of London
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Professor in Intellectual Property and Innovation Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Screen Media, Victoria University
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Professor of Law, University of Melbourne; Chair of Private Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Research Fellow, Intellectual Property and Innovation Law Research Program, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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