On June 4, 2025, Reddit, Inc. (“Reddit”) filed suit against Anthropic, PBC (“Anthropic”) in the Superior Court of California, alleging that Anthropic scraped and commercially exploited Reddit user data—including deleted...more
6/18/2025
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Breach of Contract ,
California ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Social Media ,
Technology ,
Unfair Competition ,
Web Scraping
In a significant move to address the tension between copyright and generative artificial intelligence (AI), the UK’s Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), and Publishers’...more
5/7/2025
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Authors ,
Copyright ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Licensing Rules ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Publishers ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Technology ,
UK
Congress has reintroduced the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act— a bipartisan bill designed to establish a federal framework to protect individuals’ right of publicity. As previously...more
The legal battles surrounding generative AI and copyright continue to escalate with prominent players in the Indian music industry now seeking to join an existing lawsuit against OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. On February...more
2/24/2025
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Bots ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Licenses ,
Machine Learning ,
Music Industry ,
Risk Management ,
Technology Sector
The U.S. Copyright Office’s January 2025 report on AI and copyrightability reaffirms the longstanding principle that copyright protection is reserved for works of human authorship. Outputs created entirely by generative...more
In the ongoing legal battle of Yellow Rose Productions, Inc. v. Pandora Media, LLC, a group of high-profile comedians, including Lewis Black, George Lopez, and the estates of Robin Williams and George Carlin, has filed a...more
Given the introduction of the ‘NO FAKES’ Act by a bi-partisan group of senators within days of U.S. Copyright Office’s release of its digital replicas report asserting an “urgent need” for more cohesive protections at the...more
[co-authors: Zyie Lin and Cole Smith, FTI Consulting, Inc.]
It is no secret that the popularity of both professional and amateur esports and gaming has exploded over the last 18 months – despite (and, perhaps, in part...more