Fair use is a concept in US copyright law that was created to balance the exclusive rights of copyright owners and the needs of everyday users of copyrighted material. Fair use of copyrighted works, ...

The decision in Teradyne v. Astronics illustrates the potential strength of the fair use defense in software cases, even in those involving direct competitors. Last month, in an unpublished memorandum ...

For a regularly updated case tracker covering intellectual property and privacy-related lawsuits concerning GenAI (including more decisions addressing fair use), see Generative AI: Federal Litigation ...

The music industry has evolved its copyright arguments as to why AI training is not fair use under US law. But are those new ...

Hollywood is united in standing up to the proliferation of piracy, but there’s an area of copyright law that leaves the industry perpetually perplexed. It’s the concept of “fair use,” the protection ...

Meaghan Kent, an intellectual property partner at Venable LLP, discusses recent court rulings on whether artificial intelligence training models are free to draw on copyrighted content. There’s a ...

Training AI on books Anthropic bought is okay, but downloading pirated ones is not, judge says.

Two judges in the Northern District of California recently issued groundbreaking summary judgment rulings regarding whether an artificial intelligence company’s scraping and ingestion of copyrighted ...

Mastering fair use in meme culture Memes and remixed content dominate online culture, but copyright law still applies. Knowing fair use principles and platform rules helps keep your creativity safe.

The legal landscape surrounding the aggregation of news clips and other media into videos, particularly on platforms like YouTube, is complex and often falls into a gray area. Here’s a breakdown of ...