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A&O Shearman

Zooming in on AI: Tackling deepfakes around the world

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Deepfakes (also known as digital replicas) are created when sophisticated AI technology generates or alters audio-visual content to misrepresent someone or something. Often a person's voice or appearance is digitally...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Data Mining for AI Systems Training Permitted Under German Law

In a landmark decision, a German district court recently decided that copying images to create a data set that can potentially be used for training generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems does not infringe German...more

DLA Piper

First of its Kind – Hamburg Regional Court Ruling on Artificial Intelligence and Copyright in Germany

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As the first court in Germany, the Hamburg Regional Court (‘Landgericht Hamburg‘) ruled on Artificial Intelligence whether datasets used for AI training activities may infringe German copyright law (Judgment as of 27...more

Hogan Lovells

AI & Copyright: First decision, and missed opportunity, in Germany

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In an eagerly awaited decision, the Hamburg Regional Court is now the first in Germany to rule on AI training datasets under EU copyright law. While the court managed to avoid the most controversial issue, namely whether the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

To Scrape or Not to Scrape? First Court Decision on the EU Copyright Exception for Text and Data Mining in Germany

On September 27, 2024, the Regional Court (Landgericht) of Hamburg, a court of first instance (the “Court”), dismissed a cease-and-desist claim by the photographer Robert Kneschke against LAION e. V. that the scraping of his...more

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