In separate high-profile actions brought by authors against Anthropic and Meta, two California federal judges ruled that the reproduction of copyright-protected books to train large language models (LLMs) was fair use that...more
7/2/2025
/ Appeals ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Authors ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dilution ,
Facebook ,
Fair Use ,
First Impression ,
Machine Learning ,
Summary Judgment ,
Transformative Use
In This Issue -
Section 230 and the Future of Content Moderation -
We analyze Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act—the 1996 law that provides a legal shield for internet providers from content created by their...more
5/26/2021
/ Appeals ,
Communications Decency Act ,
Copyright ,
DMCA ,
Fair Use ,
FOSTA ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Online Platforms ,
Oracle v Google ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 101 ,
Section 230 ,
Software Developers ,
The Copyright Act ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
Uniform Trade Secrets Acts
Over the years, the Internet has become the basic foundational infrastructure for the global movement of data of all kinds. With continued growth at a phenomenal rate, the Internet has moved from a quiet means of...more
5/16/2018
/ Audio Home Recording Act (AHRA) ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Data Collection ,
Data Storage ,
DMCA ,
European Copyright Directive ,
Fair Use ,
File Sharing ,
Hyperlink ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet ,
Internet Streaming ,
Online Distribution ,
Peer-to-Peer ,
Pop-Up Ads ,
Public Performance Rights ,
Right of Distribution ,
Right of Public Display ,
Right of Reproduction ,
WIPO
During recent years, the Internet has become the basic foundational infrastructure for the global movement of data of all kinds. With continued growth at a phenomenal rate, the Internet has moved from a quiet means of...more
9/22/2016
/ ABC v Aereo ,
Cable Television Providers ,
Contributory Infringement ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Digital Downloads ,
Disgorgement ,
DMCA ,
E-Commerce ,
EU ,
European Copyright Directive ,
Fair Use ,
Implied License ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
IP License ,
Peer-to-Peer ,
Popular ,
Public Performance Rights ,
Remedies ,
Right of Distribution ,
Right of Public Display ,
Right of Reproduction ,
SCOTUS ,
Vicarious Liability ,
WIPO
In This Publication:
- I. Introduction
- II. Rights Implicated By Transmission And Use Of Works On The Internet
A. The Right of Reproduction -
1. The Ubiquitous Nature of "Copies" on the Internet...more