#intellectualproperty — Public Fediverse posts

TorrentFreak: Anna’s Archive Owes $340 Million, Lost Several Domains, but It’s Still Online. “When Anna’s Archive suffered widespread downtime earlier this month, many users feared a legal crackdown. Instead, the site was reportedly targeted by a coordinated assault on its network infrastructure. Just as it did after facing $340 million in damages and losing several domains earlier this […]

The Biggest Theft In History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5whcBQ5xVI

#history #andrewism #philosophy #ethics #property #slavery #enclosure #anarchy #colonialism #anarchist #capitalism #monopoly #anarchism #Proudhon #intellectualproperty #socialcontract

Japan has adopted guiding principles on intellectual property protection for generative AI operators, calling on such businesses to disclose an outline of data and methods used to train their AI tools. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/25/japan/japan-urges-learning-data-disclosure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kimionoda #intellectualproperty #copyrights

Upcoming: NOVA IPSI Course on #IntellectualProperty & #Sustainability

This year’s edition will focus on the EU legal system and dive into:

• Environmental protection and IP incentives behind green innovation
• Circular economy and IP rules applying in repair and reuse
• Social inclusivity through IP legal mechanisms

2 to 11 December 2026
Online or on-site in Lisbon

See you there?

https://edsantos.eu/upcoming-nova-ipsi-course-on-ip-and-sustainability/

Purely AI-generated content does not have copyright protection in the US and "Prompts are Not Authorship".

Federal law, rulings by the U.S. Copyright Office, and federal court decisions (like Thaler v. Perlmutter) have firmly established that human authorship is a mandatory baseline requirement for copyright.

AI-Assisted Works: If a human uses AI as a tool to assist in the creative process, the work may qualify for copyright protection, but only for the human-authored components.

The "Prompts are Not Authorship" Rule: The U.S. Copyright Office has clarified that simply writing a prompt (even a very detailed or creative one) does not give the user control over the expressive elements of the final output.
https://www.copyright.gov/ai/ “Where that creativity is expressed through the use of AI systems, it continues to enjoy protection. Extending protection to material whose expressive elements are determined by a machine, however, would undermine rather than further the constitutional goals of copyright.” https://www.copyright.gov/newsnet/2025/1060.html

In March 2, 2026, SCOTUS denied certiorari in Thaler v. Perlmutter, leaving intact the D.C. Circuit's ruling that the Copyright Act requires copyrightable works to be authored by a human being. https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/thaler-v-perlmutter/

See also: Copyright Protection for AI-Generated Content Under U.S. Law
https://ailegalauthority.com/ai-generated-content-copyright/

#law #copyright #LLM #AI #iplaw #intellectualProperty #US

Does copyright protect your AI-generated content in EU? Apparently not. Content that is entirely generated by artificial intelligence is not protected by copyright. EU copyright law has strictly human-centric foundation.

Daniel J. Gervais: 'When you put your name on an article that's written by ChatGPT or Claude, you're basically putting a provenance mark on it saying: I take responsibility for this. I haven't written it, but I'm putting my name on it. That doesn't give you copyright, but it does give you liability for the content' https://euobserver.com/232898/interview-does-copyright-protect-your-ai-generated-content-in-europe-lets-find-out/

Gervais, Daniel J. and Shemtov, Noam and Marmanis, Haralambos and Zaller Rowland, Catherine, The Heart of the Matter: Copyright, AI Training, and LLMs (September 21, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4963711 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4963711

"Munich Local Court has held that AI generated logos do not enjoy copyright protection. Neither mere prompting nor the selection between several AI suggestions is sufficient as a human creative contribution. For businesses, this is ambivalent. On the one hand, content generated purely by AI can hardly be protected on an exclusive basis, which has implications for brand building and content strategies" https://www.germanlawinternational.com/intellectualproperty/copyright/from-the-printing-press-to-ai-how-the-eu-plans-to-modernize-copyright-law-164154/

#law #copyright #LLM #AI #iplaw #intellectualProperty #EU

TorrentFreak: A German Court Drew the Piracy Line at 81.5%, KinoGO Was Blocked with (at least) 82.4%. “Germany doesn’t have a hard benchmark for when a site is structurally infringing. However, the site-blocking clearinghouse CUII stated that illegal content clearly outweighs legal content when at least 81.5 percent of a site is infringing. After KinoGO was recently blocked with a floor of 82.4 […]

Japan panel has approved a plan to adopt a "principle code" for generative artificial intelligence businesses to protect intellectual property rights by urging firms to publicly disclose their AI training data. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/19/japan/ai-training-data-disclosure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ai #intellectualproperty #tech #copyrights

Gizmodo: Google Can’t Promise You’ll Always Have Access to Your Digital Library, but Can Give You a Small Credit. “Having your favorite films and TV shows in your digital library is supposed to mean you can access them anytime, anywhere. It actually means being able to access them as long as your digital overlord allows. Polygon recently highlighted how this problem hits consumers, […]

The people most likely to have their work stolen are the least likely to have the resources to stop it. Systems, institutions, and policies do not produce outcomes this reliably skewed by accident.

#KimCrayton #LBTSM #LifeBeyondTheSupremacyMyth #ProfitWithoutOppression #CreatorEconomy #IntellectualProperty #Trademark #Copyright #SystemicInequality

I use generative AI regularly, and I believe that many of us do, either by choice or by demand.

I also fiercely defend the creation of AI tools insomuch that that AI detractors lean on copyright, a system which is most accurately defined as government enforced censorship on behalf of the largest corporate entities.

That said, I don't think people realize that despite all this, I'm not "pro-AI", or at least not unquestioningly pro-AI. I believe that AI *tools* have their place, but AI as an ideology or (as it sometimes feels) like a religious movement... no.

I'm excited by the technology and what it can do for us, with the emphasis on the "us", for humanity. These tools must exist to serve humanity, which they can't do if they're opaque in their design, predatory in application and controlled by entities which have demonstrated that they are working against our best interests.

#AI #FLOSS #copyright #IntellectualProperty

Former arch enemies merge - Archer Aviation acquires Boeing subsidiary Wisk Aero. Boeing will end up with a 16.5% stake in Archer.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/10/archer-buys-former-rival-wisk-aero/ #ArcherAviation #WiskAero #Boeing #Acquisition #IntellectualProperty #TradeSecrets #Lawsuit #eVTOL #ElectricAviation #Aviation #AutonomousFlying #AirTaxi

Deadline: Walt Disney Company & TikTok Ink Global Short-Form Content-Sharing Deal. “The Walt Disney Company and TikTok today announced a global deal that will allow social media content creators and fans to access and use memorable scenes from Disney movies and shows.”

Deadline: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Is X’s Latest Bootleg Leak, Gets Millions Of Views Before Taken Down. “As Tom Holland’s summer blockbusters take over the big screen, X has spoiled yet another one of the actor’s theatrical releases. Following the leak of a high-quality bootleg of The Odyssey on X last week, Spider-Man: Brand New Day was leaked Friday morning on the Elon […]

Following Cox v. Sony, will the “volitional conduct” test become central to #AI #copyright cases, particularly where the model reproduces protected content the user did not specifically request? https://copyrightlately.com/cox-sony-volitional-conduct-ai-copyright/ via @copyrightlately.bsky.social #intellectualproperty #section230

Behind the Curtain at Google https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/07/galaxy-brain-behind-curtain-google-silicon-valley/688130/?utm_source=feed #Google #RegulateTech #AI #RegulateAI #PrivacyRights #IntellectualProperty #copyright #GovernmentContracts

Intellectual Property For Sale – August 2026

I am putting some items of my intellectual property library up for sale.

I have the following items for sale:

• Intellectual property, blueprints, software and marketing planning relating to the travel industry.
• Intellectual property, business plans, software and marketing plans relating to the executive search sector.
• Intellectual property, blueprints, marketing plans and software code for the property sector.
• Intellectual property, blueprints, software, and marketing plans for the deal making sector
• Intellectual property and software for the micro private equity and private equity sector including effort equity swap management
• Intellectual property for IT recruitment (contract) sector.

I own all the rights to these items.

All discussions will need to be subject to NDA

I may be selling more items from my library shortly.

I can sell these items as a whole or in lots.

I am open to serious offers.

I am open to all discussions and any interested parties should contact me using the form below.

Music Business Worldwide: Indonesia scraps song and music copyright registration fee to build a national music database. “Indonesia will stop charging songwriters, performers, and record producers to log their work on the national copyright register. From August 1, 2026, the fee to record a song or musical composition drops from 200,000 rupiah (approx. USD $11) to Rp0.”

Ars Technica: Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template. “Artist Elmer Saflor, who goes by the online handle “Superelmer,” loves that millions of people have shared his “Running Away Balloon” comic since it became a popular meme in 2017. However, just because lots of people have copied it, that doesn’t mean it’s OK for an AI meme generator to […]

Kids’ animation series Wolfoo found guilty of copying Peppa Pig
By Sinéad Campbell

Judge orders removal of all Wolfoo videos from online platforms after finding ‘prolific’ copyright infringement

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/29/kids-animation-series-wolfoo-found-guilty-of-copying-peppa-pig

#PeppaPig #Televisionradio #ChildrensTV #YouTube #Intellectualproperty #Culture #Law #TheGuardian #SinadCampbell

BBC: Ariana Grande sues hackers who leaked music and videos. “Pop star Ariana Grande has filed a lawsuit against two unidentified hackers who, she claims, leaked unreleased music and studio footage after gaining access to her collaborators’ computers.”

If you still think #intellectualProperty is for defending artists rights, consider that Caty Parry is unable to sue the White House for using her music in war propaganda video. She doesn't own the rights to her music, they belong to Latimus Music.

#IP is for the exact opposite than what is stated. It's there to dispossess the authors on a massive scale.

#war #propaganda #CatyParry #whiteHouse #music

#Distillation, a technique used to improve #AImodels, has become a contentious issue: While some argue it enables #innovation and #efficiency, others, including U.S. officials, are concerned it allows Chinese companies to rapidly develop competitive AI models by leveraging American #intellectualproperty. This has led to a debate about whether distillation constitutes #IPtheft and how to balance innovation with #nationalsecurity concerns. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/hat-is-distillation-and-why-is-everyone-so-obsessed-with-it-this-week.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news

When the AI bubble bursts, what will Australia do with the tools it built? One man thinks he has the answer https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/27/when-the-ai-bubble-bursts-what-will-australia-do-with-the-tools-it-built-one-man-thinks-he-has-the-answer #AiArtificialIntelligence #AustraliaNews #Computing #Technology #Chatgpt #Anthropic #Openai #AustralianPolitics #Business #IntellectualProperty #AustralianMedia