Dr. Stephen Thaler created an artificial intelligence program called the ‘Creativity Machine’ which produced a work named ‘A Recent Entrance to Paradise.’ Dr. Thaler tried to register the work with the United States Copyright Office. The Copyright Office rejected the application because the art did not meet the requirement of being created by a human. Dr. Thaler filed suit which eventually made its way to the US Supreme Court. Read more to see what the current fate of non-human creativity and the Supreme Court did with Dr. Thaler’s case.

A tax attorney was misled by the IRS when initiating a rollover for his IRA. Tax court ruled in favor of the IRS which resulted in penalties for the tax attorney. Andrew Williams invites readers to partake in this cautionary tale and explores other methods to protect your assets.

In Brief: January 1 marks the day that some copyrighted works become public domain and may be used for free. This year works created before 1930 are now up for free use. Read more to see what has recently become available.