Audrey Schomer

1 week ago | wp.me | Audrey Schomer

Motion picture works that use generative AI complicate chain of title and the registration of creative works for copyright Producers using gen AI are proactively tracking and documenting their workflows and applying substantive edits to AI outputs AI-assisted films are likely to be protectable as whole works, but specific AI-generated elements that are incorporated may not be For Hollywood and other creative industries, most of the debate about generative AI and copyright has emphasized the...

1 week ago | variety.com | Audrey Schomer

For Hollywood and other creative industries, most of the debate about generative AI and copyright has emphasized the unlicensed use of copyrighted content to train AI models. Yet some independent studio teams are examining how copyright will apply to AI outputs as they begin to create AI-assisted content, which uses generative AI in production workflows for film and TV projects.

3 weeks ago | variety.com | Audrey Schomer

Earlier this month, Block CEO Jack Dorsey provoked a torrent of debate after posting “delete all IP law” on Twitter/X, to which Elon Musk responded, “I agree.” The controversy exposed a rift in perspectives toward IP ownership between AI proponents and creators. Dorsey rejected one user’s argument that IP law is what shields the works and inventions of creators and smaller innovators from ruthless reproduction by incumbents, writing, “times have changed. one person can build more faster.

3 weeks ago | wp.me | Audrey Schomer

Jack Dorsey’s post on X/Twitter to “delete all IP law” exposed a rift in perspectives on IP ownership in the age of generative AI IP law would be hard to eliminate, but governments may weaken copyright protections to favor AI training on copyrighted works Training on scraped copyrighted works without a license already hurts economic incentives to create and share original works Earlier this month, Block CEO Jack Dorsey provoked a torrent of debate after posting “delete all IP law” on...

1 month ago | wp.me | Audrey Schomer

The viral Studio Ghibli-style images trend could strengthen arguments that OpenAI’s 4o image model is infringing copyright, according to legal perspectives several IP litigation lawyers shared with VIP+.   The release of OpenAI’s 4o image generation model in ChatGPT on March 25 unleashed a viral storm of AI-generated images in the style of Studio Ghibli animation as users uploaded and asked the system to remake personal photographs and other images as restyled versions.