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Think While You Are Using AI Coding

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Vibe coding is revolutionizing software development. The integration of generative AI tools into software development, such as ChatGPT's Agen, GitHub Copilot, Coursiv, and similar platforms, is revolutionizing how code is...more

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EU & UK AI Round-up – July 2025

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Over the last few months, organisations have accelerated efforts to engage with the requirements of the EU AI Act as we fast approach the date for when rules relating to general purpose AI models (“GPAI models”) come into...more

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A Chinese Court Finds That AI-generated Images Are Not Protected by Copyright: The Zhangjiagang People’s Court and the ‘Butterfly...

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We previously wrote about a Chinese court decision that protected the copyright of AI-generated images in the ‘half heart’ case. However, in a recent case, the Zhangjiagang People’s Court (in China’s Jiangsu province) denied...more

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California’s Latest Dueling Rulings — Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials in AI Algorithms

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Generative AI (GenAI) algorithms require data inputs to analyze, transform, and generate content. But does using copyrighted material without prior authorization for training or operating these algorithms infringe on the...more

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No ‘Stop the Clock’ For the EU AI Act (and a belated General-Purpose AI Code of Practice): What Does This Mean to You?

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The European Commission received the final version of the General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice on July 10, 2025. The GPAI is a voluntary framework intended to guide how providers of large AI models comply with the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Harmonizing AI and Copyright: Fair Use in the Age of Generative Music

In previous Snippets articles and AI News Roundups, we introduced the current lawsuits between the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and two of the largest generative AI music companies, Suno and Udio. To...more

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Delayed EU Code of Practice Provides Compliance Framework for General-Purpose AI Models

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Key Takeaways - - The European Commission published its Code of Practice for General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Models on July 10, 2025, following three draft versions and just weeks before the first AI Act obligations take effect....more

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IP Hot Topic: A Clash in California: Judicial Tug of War Between the Primacy of Transformative Use and Market Effect in GenAI Fair...

2025 Summer Associate Wade Marshall contributed to this article. Recently, two Northern District of California decisions revealed fault lines in the forming fair use terrain for GenAI copyright infringement actions. Both...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

What Trump’s Second Term Means for AI Regulation in the United States

As AI applications rapidly expand within our society, a debate has intensified over how to best regulate AI development and use. Recently, regulations relating to AI have been mainly introduced at the state and local level,...more

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Mogin Law Digest | July 2025

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Dealmaking in the AI space, which started more than a decade ago, is brisk. We have ben covering it from the perspective of mergers and acquisitions, litigation, and legislation. Our acquisitions piece has an new interactive...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Growing Momentum for AI’s Fair Use Defense: Lessons from Two Recent Summary Judgment Rulings

Within the same week, two judges in the Northern District of California issued groundbreaking summary judgment rulings regarding whether an artificial intelligence company’s scraping and ingestion of copyrighted works to...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

EU Releases Final Code of Practice for General-Purpose AI Models

On July 10, 2025, the European Commission (EC) published the final version of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (Code). This voluntary instrument provides guidance on how providers of general-purpose AI models (GPAI),...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

The Pitch - June 2025

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

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Lehrman v. Lovo Inc

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District court denies in part and grants in part AI startup’s motion to dismiss claims by voice actors involving creation and use of AI-generated voice clones, allowing breach of contract and right of publicity claims to...more

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What Gen AI court rulings mean for content owners and creators

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Recent court decisions in two highly publicized Gen AI cases favored the platforms and may start to reduce the concerns over using Gen AI. But content owners and those working for them should still understand the legal...more

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(Podcast) The Briefing: Anthropic, Copyright, and the Fair Use Divide

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A federal judge has ruled that training Claude AI on copyrighted books—even without a license—was transformative and protected under fair use. But storing millions of pirated books in a permanent internal library? That...more

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The Briefing: Anthropic, Copyright, and the Fair Use Divide

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A federal judge has ruled that training Claude AI on copyrighted books—even without a license—was transformative and protected under fair use. But storing millions of pirated books in a permanent internal library? That...more

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AI training copies blessed as “fair use” by U.S. Court – Can a similar path be forged in Canada?

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Judge Alsup’s summary judgement order in Bartz v Anthropic PBC1 released June 23, 2025 is making waves in the copyright and AI world. The order, issued out of the United States District Court for the Northern District of...more

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New York Court Tackles the Legality of AI Voice Cloning

- What is new: A recent decision from the Southern District of New York, in Lehrman & Sage v. Lovo, Inc., addresses the intersection of AI voice cloning technology and intellectual property rights, focusing on contract law,...more

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Court Sides With Meta on Fair Use and DMCA Questions, but Leaves Door Open for Future Challenges

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Key Takeaways - Judge Chhabria recently granted summary judgment for Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) in two key rulings finding that: - Meta's use of copyrighted books to train LLMs is fair use due to its highly...more

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Anthropic and Meta Win Major, but Limited, AI Copyright Lawsuits

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Recently, major technology companies, Anthropic and Meta each secured landmark victories in separate copyright lawsuits. The companies had been sued by authors and their publishers, regarding claims that these companies’ AI...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Fair Use at Scale: When Is "Spectacularly" Transformative Use Still Not Fair?

The recent ruling in a lawsuit against Anthropic highlights a growing complexity in how courts are approaching fair use in the context of AI training. Judge William Alsup held that developing Anthropic’s Claude model was...more

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Influencers: Navigating IP Ownership, Reputational Harm and the Rise of AI-Driven Avatars

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Influencers have become a cornerstone of modern marketing strategies. A social media influencer is an individual who has established credibility, expertise or a strong personal brand in a specific niche or industry and uses...more

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European Union Publishes Its General-Purpose AI Code of Practice

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The European Commission published its General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (Code) on July 10, 2025, after a long drafting process that was originally intended to conclude in May 2025. The development of the code was...more

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Games Saw it Coming: Decoding Generative AI Controversy Through the Lens of Play

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Artificial intelligence, particularly its generative variant, is rapidly transitioning from a futuristic concept to a present-day disruptor across industries. While it feels like welcome progress when „the algorithm” develops...more

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