Copyright

Recently, I discovered another YouTuber to whom I had subscribed. “Am I a Jerk?” is the name of the channel. The channel produces narrative-based videos with just his voice and no background music. Here’s the Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pakWCJtEo8I Someone keeps copyrighting his videos and claiming that they contain original music…

The creative AI juices have been flowing for a while now in the Star Atlas community. Back in September 2022, Star Atlas launched an AI-generated art contest which received over 1000 applications from the community. You can see the winners here (scroll to bottom of article). Better yet, you can…

There is a debate around whether the creations from next generation AI tools should get copyright. The answer has to be a resounding “No”, because doing so would turn all creative endeavours into a constant fight over “derivative works”. The ability to “brute force” creativity using sweatshops would create an…

Siae (Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori) and Meta are in a dispute in Italy over royalty payments for music content shared on Facebook and Instagram. The issue is related to the new EU Copyright Directive, which shifts the responsibility of content publication from users to platforms. …

If you’ve been following the story of The Internet Archive being sued by big book publishers, you’ve probably seen stuff about how the Great Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, is a library hero standing against the evil capitalist publishers. But, as always, the truth is more complicated. Without…