US Copyright Office Releases Highly Anticipated Report on Generative AI Training – Here’s What It Actually Says — “The U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) recently released its highly anticipated Report on Generative AI Training (the third and final part in the USCO’s AI and copyright series) in a pre-publication format. At a time when headlines dominate, and despite the leadership changes underway at the USCO, the report represents a substantial body of work and analysis that explores how copyright law applies to the training of generative AI systems with a level of nuance that reflects the expertise of its drafters and a clear understanding of the importance of both the copyright and AI sectors to the broader innovation ecosystem.”
Leading Scholars Insist Their Names Be Removed from the ALI Restatement of Copyright Law — “Four luminaries of copyright law and scholarship submitted a letter to the American Law Institute (ALI) formally withdrawing their names as Advisers from the Restatement of Copyright Law, approval of which is set to be voted on next week. Professors Shyam Balganesh, Jane Ginsburg, and Peter Menell, along with attorney David Nimmer submitted the May 12 letter conveying strong disagreement with both the substance of the Restatement and the subterfuge in the process.”
AI-Powered News Piracy Site Blocked By ISPs After Court Sides With Publishers — “A joint investigation by Libération and Next revealed that at least 1,000 similar sites churn out infringing content in much the same way. In some cases, AI ‘hallucinations’ aren’t noticed by site operators or the public, resulting in bogus automated news being taken as fact, then cited as source material for articles published on Wikipedia.”
Anthropic expert accused of using AI-fabricated source in copyright case — “A federal judge in San Jose, California, on Tuesday ordered artificial intelligence company Anthropic to respond to allegations that it submitted a court filing containing a ‘hallucination’ created by AI as part of its defense against copyright claims by a group of music publishers. A lawyer representing Universal Music Group, Concord and ABKCO in a lawsuit over Anthropic’s alleged misuse of their lyrics to train its chatbot Claude told U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen at a hearing that an Anthropic data scientist cited a nonexistent academic article to bolster the company’s argument in a dispute over evidence.”
EUIPO releases study on generative artificial intelligence and copyright — The U.S. Copyright Office was not the only public body to release a major report on AI and copyright this week. On Monday, the European Union Intellectual Property Office published a comprehensive study on the topic, the purpose of which “is to deepen the general understanding of GenAI’s technical functioning, as well as existing and developing solutions underlying the application of EU rules on copyright and Artificial Intelligence. The study offers an in-depth analysis of GenAI developments from the perspective of EU copyright law, covering technical, legal, and economic aspects.”