Oh boy! Barely 24 hours after Disney’s initial copyright on Mickey Mouse expired, two new indie horror films starring the beloved character have been announced. ‘Steamboat Willie’, the first Disney film to feature Mickey, entered the public domain under US law on Monday, 95 years after its initial release. This means that anyone is now […]
Along with the suit, The New York Times also chose a more confrontational response to the sudden rise of AI chatbots, unlike other media groups like Germany’s Axel Springer or the Associated Press, which have entered into content deals with OpenAI. “If The Times and other news organizations cannot produce and protect their independent journalism, […]
Without the permission of Shah Abdul Karim’s family, two top Indian music labels, Saregama and T-Series, have been releasing his songs on YouTube, Spotify and social media for years. In fact, the name of the original producer of the song, Shah Abdul Karim, was not even mentioned in the music video of the song ‘Age […]
Defense attorneys argued that it was impossible to believe that 27-year-old Lipa heard “Wiggle” before writing “Levitating”. Faella agreed, but said that the plaintiffs alleged “just enough facts” to argue that the songs were so “stunningly similar”, including sharing a “repetitive rhythm” and “signature melody”, That Lipa must have copied him. “The Court cannot preclude […]
Jurors spent some three hours deliberating whether Sheeran’s song and Gaye’s classic were similar enough and whether their common elements were protected by copyright law. Sheeran spent days testifying with guitar in hand, playing demos for the court to prove the 1-3-4-5 chord progression is a basic building block of pop music that cannot be […]
Companies defending themselves from copyright claims by artists may claim “fair use”, with an exception sometimes allowed when a new spin is put on a creation or when it is quoted only briefly. is done. “The magic word used in the US court system is ‘transformational’,” said Matthew Butrick, a lawyer and developer. “Is this […]
OpenAI, maker of the popular chatbot ChatGTP, has released a software tool for recognizing text generated by artificial intelligence, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. ChatGPT is a free program that generates text in response to a prompt, including articles, essays, jokes and even poetry, which has gained widespread popularity since its […]
