Aditya Ezhuthachan is an attorney focused on entertainment law with Beverly Hills-based Pessah Law Group. In this column, he ...

The copyright for the original versions of Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse have expired. Now, members of the public can create—and are busy creating—their own works based on these beloved characters.

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 Last month, in an unpublished memorandum ...

“In the Office’s view, training a generative AI foundation model on a large and diverse dataset will often be transformative.” – U.S. Copyright Office The ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Intellectual Property attorney helping artists tell their stories through film and media. The use of AI systems has become part of ...

Months after a U.S. judge found the Internet Archive liable for copyright infringement against four major book publishers, the two parties reached a tentative agreement that could force the free ...

Lynn Goldsmith said Warhol's Prince work violated her rights Supreme Court ruled for Goldsmith in fair-use decision last year March 16 (Reuters) - The Andy Warhol Foundation and celebrity photographer ...

1. Dr. Suess vs. ComicMix, LLC (Oh, the places you will boldly go). Dr. Suess/Star Trek mashup. Problems: Copied highly creative style, did not make parody (no critique commentary), trading off Dr.

Fair use is a powerful shield in the chaotic world of YouTube copyright. It allows creators to use parts of copyrighted material, like movie clips or soundtracks, without permission in certain ...

A judge’s decision that Anthropic‘s use of copyrighted books to train its AI models is a “fair use” is likely only the start of lengthy litigation to resolve one of the most hotly contested questions ...

Twitch streamer Denims has declared herself the "Queen of Fair Use" after a court ruled in her favor in a copyright lawsuit ...