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Intellectual Property
- After the Ed Sheeran Verdict, Have the Tides Turned in Music Copyright Cases?
- As Grammys slaps ban on AI music, copyright question makes waves; Discord caught in row too
- Authors file lawsuit against OpenAI alleging using pirated content for training ChatGPT
- British Museum apologizes after using translator’s work in China exhibition without pay or acknowledgment [CNN]
- Buyer’s Remorse? The Risks of Bill C-18 Leading to Blocked News Sharing Becoming Real to Canadian Media
- Can Computers Create Copyright? Applying IP Law to the Output of Generative Ai
- Copyright Office Hosts Listening Session on Copyright in AI-Generated Audiovisual Works
- Authors file lawsuit against OpenAI alleging using pirated content for training ChatGPT
- Generative Artificial Intelligence and Copyright Law
- How Deezer’s AI is Safeguarding Musicians’ Intellectual Property Rights
- Media Chaos: How the Government’s Legislative Plans to Support Canadian Media Have Backfired Spectacularly
- Nigeria: Generative AI And Copyright Part 1 And 2
- Op-ed: NFTs fueling copyright confusion
- 68% of ‘transformative journals’ to be kicked out of Plan S scheme
- South Africa’s Copyright Amendment Bill: Making Progress at The Provinces
- Tools, Updates to Monitor against Disinformation, Copyright Infringement
- United States: Exploring Copyright Issues in Connection With Generative AI
- United States: Is Training AI Fair Use?
- Voice of Will Smith and Obi-Wan Kenobi on AI stealing his livelihood: ‘We’re fighting a big monster’
Artificial Intelligence
- AI: Will it help humanity or doom it?
- AI-Generated Photos: Are They Art or Plagiarism?
- An AI Is Inventing Fake Quotes by Real People and Publishing Them Online
- Ethics in the Age of Disruptive Technologies: An Operational Roadmap
- Lawyers Who Used ChatGPT In Lieu Of Research Must Pay $5k, Alert Other Judges
- I’m a Student. You Have No Idea How Much We’re Using ChatGPT.
- Popular A.I. services for creating images are legal minefields for artists
- Researchers expose flaws in EU’s AI guidelines
- RIAA Cracks Down on AI Voice Group on Discord: ‘Undermines The Entire Music Ecosystem’
- The Andy Warhol Foundation vs. Goldsmith case overlooks the value of copying for creativity
- What is Artificial Intelligence? A Comprehensive Guide for Everyone
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication
- European Union recommends no-pay, no-embargo publishing model for publicly funded research
- Everything you need to know about AI but were too afraid to ask
- Guest Post — Making Research Accessible: The arXiv Accessibility Forum Moved the Action Upstream
- Guest Post — Why Are UK Libraries Signing a Springer-Nature Deal They Don’t Seem to Like?
- How a now-retracted study got published in the first place, leading to a $3.8 million NIH grant
- OASPA and DOAJ OA Journals Toolkit
- Public protector says UCT did not err by not conferring PhD on student who ‘plagiarised’ thesis
- Taylor & Francis Reports ‘Accelerating Open Access in the UK
- The future of publishing: scientists need a greater say
- The Marrakesh Treaty Turns Ten: Lessons Learned in the United States
- Transformative Journals: analysis from the 2022 reports 20/06/2023
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