In this article, Josie Croce discusses the legal challenges that AI company Anthropic faces as music publishers bring suit against it. Although the music publishers’ make a multitude of claims of infringement, this blog will focus on the allegation that using copyrighted lyrics to train Anthropic’s chatbot constitutes infringement and deprives artists of deserved licensing fees. Against the backdrop of internet search engine jurisprudence, it is possible that Anthropic may invoke the defense of fair use because of the transformative nature of its use.
Ready Player One: Video Game Emulation and the Law
In this article, Noah Cothern examines the legality of video game emulation. He analyses two essential steps required for emulation and discusses how they can cross into copyright infringement.
Community Guidelines: The Death of Third-Party Tournaments
In this article, TJ Cleary discusses how video game developers have used their intellectual property rights to affect and regulate esports, specifically third-party tournaments not sponsored by them.
Better Than Revenge: An Artist’s Right to Re-record
In this article, Josie Croce examines the ability for musical artists to regain some revenue and creative freedoms by re-recording their songs and albums.
Should Copyright Protect A.I. Generated Music?
In this article, Caroline Gallo examines whether music created by artificial intelligence should qualify for copyright protections.
If You Give a Mouse Copyright Protection, He’ll Ask for an Extension: Disney’s Influence and Manipulation of U.S. Copyright Law
Throwback Thursday: Madison Yoder, Contributing Member 2021-2022