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UK Lords Slam Government Inaction on Copyright and AI A committee of UK legislators has sharply criticized the government's response to copyright infringement claims surrounding large language models. The debate centers on the use of copyrighted material (text, images, audio) to train LLMs, seen by some as a breakthrough in computing. However, copyright holders claim their intellectual property is being misappropriated on a large scale. The House of Lords Select Committee on Communications and Digital called the government's record on copyright "inadequate and deteriorating." They argue the government's inaction amounts to an endorsement of tech companies' practices, reflecting poorly on its commitment to fair play and upholding the law. The committee highlights the disparity between the government's robust support for AI safety (including a well-funded AI Safety Institute) and its lackluster response to copyright concerns. It also criticizes the Intellectual Property Office's (IPO) involvement in copyright and AI issues. Their past roundtables were deemed unsuccessful, and a proposed working group aiming to develop a voluntary code failed to reach consensus. The committee urges the government to take meaningful action instead of relying on the courts to provide solutions. #AICopyright

🇺🇸⚖️Authors File Industry-Wide Copyright Suit Against Major AI Developers Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist John Carreyrou and five other book authors have filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit in the Northern District of California against Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity AI. The plaintiffs opted out of Bartz v. Anthropic and brought a coordinated action alleging that their books were copied and used to train large language models without authorization. This filing brings the total number of AI-related copyright suits by authors to roughly 70. The complaint asserts a single claim of direct copyright infringement, including allegations of a “Shadow Library Strategy” used to source copyrighted texts. The authors explicitly declined to proceed as a class action, citing their right under the Copyright Act to seek individualized statutory damages, determined by a jury, for each defendant’s alleged infringement. The case is also the first copyright suit to target xAI, Elon Musk’s AI company. The plaintiffs are represented by Friedman Normand Friedland LLP and Stris & Maher LLP. While several other technology companies (including Microsoft, NVIDIA, Apple, Salesforce, and Bloomberg) are not named in this action, they are defendants in related author lawsuits. The filing underscores continued legal pressure on AI developers over training practices involving copyrighted works. #AICopyright#GenerativeAI

US Newspapers Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over AI Training Data Several US newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, have filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI in a New York federal court. The lawsuit accuses them of misusing copyrighted news articles to train their generative AI systems, including Microsoft's Copilot and OpenAI's ChatGPT. The lawsuit, filed by eight newspapers owned by MediaNews Group, alleges that Microsoft and OpenAI copied millions of articles without permission to train their AI products. This lawsuit joins similar ongoing cases against Microsoft and OpenAI filed by the New York Times, The Intercept, Raw Story, and AlterNet. An OpenAI spokesperson emphasized the company's commitment to supporting news organizations in its product development processes. Microsoft has yet to comment on the lawsuit. A lawyer representing MediaNews Group argues that OpenAI's success is built upon the unauthorized use of others' work. He emphasizes that while Microsoft and OpenAI pay for development resources, they believe they can avoid compensating content creators. The lawsuit claims that Microsoft and OpenAI's AI systems can replicate copyrighted newspaper content verbatim when prompted. It further accuses ChatGPT of generating fake articles attributed to the newspapers, potentially damaging their reputations. Examples include a fabricated Denver Post article promoting smoking as an asthma cure and a bogus Chicago Tribune recommendation for an unsafe infant lounger. #AICopyright#OpenAI

AI Copyright Lawsuit: A New Era of Dataset Transparency? In a groundbreaking move for AI copyright disputes, a judge has permitted authors' representatives to inspect OpenAI's confidential training dataset under strict conditions. This decision could set a precedent for how training data is scrutinized in future legal battles over AI-generated content. The inspection is to be conducted in a highly controlled environment—either at OpenAI’s San Francisco office or a secure location within a 25-mile radius. A secured, internet-free computer will be provided, containing a README file with a directory of the data. The inspection room bans recording devices, although a note-taking computer can be provided under supervision, ensuring that sensitive data remains protected. Only individuals qualified under the protective order can access the data, emphasizing the heightened confidentiality. This level of transparency and rigor in examining training data might become a standard in AI litigation. As AI technology continues to reshape industries, balancing innovation with intellectual property rights will require similar measures to ensure fairness and accountability. #AICopyright#TransparencyInAI#AIRegulation

🇺🇸🎼Universal Music Group and NVIDIA Partner on AI Music Discovery Universal Music Group (UMG) announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to develop AI tools for music discovery, creation, and engagement, using NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure and UMG’s music catalog. The partnership focuses on joint R&D aimed at advancing human music creation, ensuring rightsholder compensation, and improving attribution and protection of music-based content. As part of the project, the companies will extend NVIDIA’s Music Flamingo model to process full-length tracks, capturing elements such as harmony, structure, timbre, lyrics, and cultural context. The stated goal is to move beyond existing search and personalization models toward more interactive and contextual music discovery, while also encouraging artist adoption of AI-based creation tools. UMG and NVIDIA emphasize that the collaboration is framed around “responsible AI,” with safeguards intended to protect artists’ works, respect copyright, and ensure proper attribution. The partnership reflects UMG’s broader strategy of engaging with AI developers to shape how generative and discovery technologies are deployed in the music industry. #AICopyright#MusicIndustry#ResponsibleAI#AIRegulation

🇺🇸Meta Wins AI Copyright Lawsuit, But the Fair Use Battle Is Far from Over Meta secured a legal win in a copyright lawsuit brought by authors including Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi Coates — but Judge Vince Chhabria made one thing clear: this is not a blanket endorsement of AI training on copyrighted content. The ruling hinged on insufficient evidence of market harm, not the legality of Meta’s practices. The authors, the judge said, simply "made the wrong arguments." Crucially, Chhabria stated that using copyrighted works for LLM training is unlawful “in many circumstances.” He dismissed Meta’s public interest defense as “nonsense” and acknowledged the broader risk: that authors’ own work could fuel AI tools generating endless competition. #AICopyright#IP#FairUse

🇺🇸U.S. Supreme Court Leaves Human Authorship Rule Intact in AI Copyright Dispute The Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear a case that squarely asked whether AI-generated artwork can be copyrighted, allowing lower court rulings to stand that only humans qualify as authors under U.S. copyright law. The dispute arose after Stephen Thaler sought copyright protection in 2018 for artwork generated by his AI system, DABUS. The United States Copyright Office rejected the application, concluding that authorship requires a human creator. A federal judge described human authorship as a “bedrock requirement” in 2023, and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed that position. The U.S. Department of Justice supported the Copyright Office, arguing that copyright law was written for human creators, not machines. Notably, the appeals court observed that Thaler could have listed himself as the author instead of the AI, suggesting that AI-assisted works may still fit within the existing framework. For now, the Court’s silence preserves a human-centered interpretation of authorship, while leaving unresolved one of the defining intellectual property questions of the AI era. #AICopyright#IntellectualProperty#AIRegulation#Authorship#AIGovernance

Artist Sues the U.S. Copyright Office An artist is taking the U.S. Copyright Office to court after being denied copyright protection for his AI-generated artwork. This case raises fundamental questions about the role of human creativity in AI-assisted art and the evolving landscape of copyright law. In 2022, Jason Allen used Midjourney, a Generative AI tool, to create "Théâtre D'opéra Spatial" and applied for copyright registration. The U.S. Copyright Office denied his request, stating that the work "lacks the human authorship necessary to support a copyright claim." This lawsuit brings crucial issues to the forefront: Should AI-generated art qualify for copyright protection if substantial human effort is involved? How do we define the threshold of human contribution in an AI-assisted creation? Allen's case highlights the nuanced process of working with AI, likening it to a director guiding a cameraman through trial and error. As courts address these questions, their decisions could shape the future of creative rights in the age of AI. #AICopyright#IntellectualProperty#AIArt#LegalTech#GenerativeAI

George Carlin's Estate Files Lawsuit Over AI-Generated Special Greetings everybody! George Carlin's legacy faces a new frontier in the digital age as his estate files a copyright infringement lawsuit against Dudesy, a media company. The lawsuit targets an AI-generated comedy special, "George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead," released on YouTube, imitating the late comedian's voice and style. Carlin's estate alleges unauthorized use of copyrighted materials and likeness, branding it a "bastardization" that harms the comedian's reputation. The legal action underscores growing concerns about AI's potential to replicate performers without consent, prompting calls for legislative safeguards. #GeorgeCarlin#AICopyright#DigitalReplication