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Grammy’s New AI Rule Clarifies Computers Are Not Eligible for Awards July 11, 2023
Harvey Mason, Grammy’s Chief, makes clear that ‘We’re Not Giving an Award to a Computer’ and new rules have been enacted to be eligible for an award! The full wording of the ruling follows: “The GRAMMY Award recognizes creative excellence. Only human creators are eligible to be submitted for consideration for, nominated for, or win […]
Elliot Zimmerman
Class Action v. ChatGPT maker OpenAI June 30, 2023
Interesting link below about a class action wherein Plaintiffs contend OpenAI violated the rights of millions of internet users when it used their social media comments, blog posts, Wikipedia articles and family recipes. IMHO, we are on the dawn of defining the boundaries for, including without limitation, culling data from the internet, the uses made […]
Elliot Zimmerman
AI Art Generation and Copyright Law January 26, 2023
In cases where there is NO HUMAN INVOLVEMENT, Urantia Found. v. Kristen Maaherra, 114 F.3d 955, 957–59 (9th Cir. 1997), has indicated that the work is solely created by AI and no copyright will issue. The newest spin on these AI issues exists when the Artist feeds his underlying work to a computer and uses […]
Elliot Zimmerman
Artists Sue AI Art Generators for Copyright Infringement January 18, 2023
Andersen et al v. Stability AI Ltd. et al, Case No. 3:23-cv-00201 in the United State District Court for the Northern District of CA, San Francisco Division, is a class action suit wherein several artists are suing AI art generators Stability AI, Midjourney and DeviantArt for using their work to train AI tools. The suit […]
Elliot Zimmerman
Top Gun Maverick Sued for Copyright Infringement June 7, 2022
Ehud Yonay, whose 1983 story was the basis of the original 1986 film “Top Gun,” published “Top Guns” in April 1983 in an issue of California magazine and registered it in the U.S. Copyright Office later that year. Soon after it was published Paramount secured exclusive motion picture rights to the story, according to the […]
Elliot Zimmerman