The copyright for the original versions of Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse have expired. Now, members of the public can create—and are busy creating—their own works based on these beloved characters.

Fair use is a concept in US copyright law that was created to balance the exclusive rights of copyright owners and the needs of everyday users of copyrighted material. Fair use of copyrighted works, ...

1. Dr. Suess vs. ComicMix, LLC (Oh, the places you will boldly go). Dr. Suess/Star Trek mashup. Problems: Copied highly creative style, did not make parody (no critique commentary), trading off Dr.

People ask published authors for advice on book publishing. For many who ask me, I must point out that my books are too different from what they hope to publish. For example, I do not know what they ...

Recent rulings in AI-related copyright cases have delivered key wins for AI companies while also opening new opportunities for plaintiffs — making litigation an increasingly risky endeavor. AI ...

Last month, the U.S. Copyright Office released a report on generative AI training, concluding that use of copyrighted materials to train artificial intelligence ...

On Sept. 25, Judge Stephanos Bibas (sitting by designation in the District of Delaware), determined that fact questions surrounding issues of fair use and tortious interference required a jury to ...

“As the AI and copyright battles unfold in the courts and the fair use doctrine is put to the test, some economic and technical analysis can help shed the light on the fair use factors, providing the ...

It took Ralph Ellison seven years to write Invisible Man. It took J. D. Salinger about 10 to write The Catcher in the Rye. J. K. Rowling spent at least five years on the first Harry Potter book.

A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that training an AI model on copyrighted works without specific permission to do so was not a violation of copyright law. U.S. District Judge William Alsup ...