Fair Use

Here’s What Happened: Another court has weighed in on whether copyrighted works can be used to train AI. In our last post, we discussed how a court ruled that Anthropic PBC’s use of works it had purchased to train AI was fair use. But use of pirated works was not fair use. Like Antrhopic, Meta […]

Here’s What Happened: Anthropic PBC wanted to create an AI assistant named “Claude” to compete with other chatbots like ChatGPT. Anthropic wanted Claude to be a step above other chatbots by basing its training on well curated facts, well organized analyses and captivating fictional narratives. Like other chatbots, Anthropic had to find works for training […]

Here’s What Happened: For those who haven’t been keeping up with recent Congressional news, George Santos is a public figure and former member of the United States House of Representatives. In May 2023, Santos was indicted on numerous federal felonies, including wire fraud in connection with a political campaign, money laundering and theft of public […]

In Brief:  Fleeting use of a creative work for the purposes of commentary is fair use. Here’s What Happened:   In the spring of 2020, during the world-wide pandemic caused by the Covid-19 virus, many found solace in watching the Netflix docuseries, Tiger King. The series focused on a big cat breeder in Oklahoma, Joseph […]

In Brief:  The case of the Andy Warhol Foundation and Lynn Goldsmith regarding photos of Prince has been kicking around the courts and this blog for 4 years. The Supreme Court has spoken holding that there was no fair use. Here’s What Happened: The facts are convoluted but important. Lynn Goldsmith took some photos of […]