Judge Bibas reverses course in the first copyright case on AI training and fair use. What happened—and what does it mean for gen AI, copyright, and the legal battles ahead? Some thoughts on Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence, up now on Copyright Lately. copyrightlately.com/ai-training-fa…

Here’s everything going on in the 39 copyright lawsuits v AI companies. chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/02/19/sta…

After five years of litigation, a jury in LA will decide whether Disney’s Moana infringed an unproduced project called Bucky the Surfer Boy. Here’s what to expect as another copyright trial begins—and why it’s happening at all. Up now on Copyright Lately: copyrightlately.com/disneys-moana-…

An LA jury needed less than 3 hours to clear Disney’s Buena Vista unit of copyright infringement—so why did it take 5 years and millions in legal fees to get there? With another no-access verdict in the books, it’s time for a more efficient approach. copyrightlately.com/moana-verdict-…

Excellent, excellent post by Andres Guadamuz on the Studio Ghibli fracas, including the following: “Perhaps one thing that has bothered me, and that is common in most copyright AI conversations, is that the discussion immediately defaults to the USA.”

I was busy switching firms. The courts were busy issuing copyright rulings. Here's everything I missed over the past 3 weeks—Rule 11 sanctions, AI lawsuits, disco flashbacks, and more—all tidied up in one place before I sweep them behind the couch. copyrightlately.com/whats-up-sprin…

NEW: A high-stakes copyright battle over To Kill a Mockingbird is quietly unfolding in the 2nd and 7th Circuits, testing the limits of the important but rarely litigated “derivative works exception” to copyright termination. Up now on Copyright Lately: 🔗 copyrightlately.com/to-kill-a-term…

The day before Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter was fired, the Copyright Office quickly and quietly dropped a major report on AI and fair use. I break down the timing, the fallout, and my 5 biggest takeaways—up now on Copyright Lately copyrightlately.com/copyright-offi…

🚨Plaintiffs in AI copyright lawsuits against Meta and Anthropic just filed the report as a supplemental authority

A constitutional showdown over who controls the Copyright Office heads to court tomorrow. Full story now on Copyright Lately. copyrightlately.com/perlmutters-la…

"Show, Don't Tell" takes center stage in Disney & Universal's lawsuit against Midjourney. After 40+ AI copyright cases got stuck on training data, this one puts the outputs front and center. Full story and why it matters, up now on Aaron Moss: copyrightlately.com/why-the-studio…

New Kate Knibbs 🏄🏻‍♀️ article in Wired: wired.com/story/midjourn…

I was able to replicate an animated "Wall-E with a Gun" with Midjourney's new video tool, but when I tried "Homer Simpson with a Donut" I was only able to get an image. The video violated Midjourney's TOS.

Ethan Klein once defended reaction videos as fair use. Now he’s suing Twitch streamers for barely reacting at all. Bong rips, blank stares, and bathroom breaks take center stage in the year's most ironic copyright lawsuit. Up now on Copyright Lately: copyrightlately.com/ethan-klein-fi…

What did Judge Alsup mean by “pirated” source for “initial copy” of dataset used later to train Anthropic’s model, a copy that Anthropic “stole.” My musings: chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/06/25/jud…

Should copyright protect creative output—or the humans who create it? Two judges just revealed the philosophical fault line that will define AI's legal future. Full story, up now on Copyright Lately: copyrightlately.com/apprentice-or-…

Great Aaron Moss essay on the different approaches taken in last week's AI copyright infringement opinions by Alsup & Chhabria. copyrightlately.com/apprentice-or-…

In a new post by Aaron Moss of @CopyrightLately, he asks the question: “Can #AI companies train their models on millions of copyrighted books without permission?” Read Aaron’s blog here to learn more: bit.ly/403Sl8S