By: Addison Hichman As artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly changes the way art, music, and literature are created, the copyrightability of these creative works has become an important consideration. Courts and policymakers are now forced to ask: Who is the author of an AI-generated work? Copyright protection has long been tied to human creativity, but the […]
By Samuel Petosa It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s . . . British copyright law? On January 31, 2025, a lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of New York against Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Comics ahead of the studios’ marquee summer release: “Superman.” The suit was filed by the Estate of Superman […]
By: Lakshmi Sanmuganathan On April 4, 2023, the track titled “Heart on My Sleeve” was uploaded to social media and streaming services by TikTok user Ghostwriter977. Generated by artificial intelligence (AI), the song garnered rapid, viral attention for its uncanny ability to mimic the singing, lyrical, and production style of Canadian musicians Drake and The Weeknd. […]
NIKKI RIGL – A recent case, Garcia v. Google, Inc., caused quite a controversy with its polarized decisions over the last few months regarding an actor’s individually held copyright. The stark differentiations between the panel and en banc rulings of this case are worth noting, and may serve as a jumping off point for the […]
