Cox v. Sony Music Filing Flurry Continues Ahead of Supreme Court Decision — SoundExchange, A2IM, Former Lawmakers, Copyright Officials, and Others Weigh In — “What about the lawmakers’ brief? Well, signatories including not only former members of Congress, but multiple former Copyright Office heads, tackled the case’s questions mainly from the precedent perspective. ‘Cox’s novel standard has never been the law, would negate Congress’s purpose in enacting the DMCA, and would eviscerate the ability of copyright owners to address online infringement of their works,’ they wrote, proceeding to ask the Supreme Court not to ‘abrogate a deeply rooted rule of secondary copyright liability that serves as a foundational principle of the Copyright Act and DMCA.'”
Anthropic Settlement Signals AI Innovation Can Thrive Within Existing Copyright Framework — “The Anthropic settlement exemplifies balanced innovation policy. It fosters technological development while maintaining legal consistency. By refusing to create special exceptions for AI companies while providing clear paths for lawful development, it promotes sustainable innovation that respects existing rights frameworks.”
TDM exceptions (not just the three-step test) don’t allow all unlicensed AI development — “All of the above indicates that – going forward – the applicability of exceptions will be likely confined, as a matter of practice, to ‘certain special cases’ and very circumscribed phases of AI development. Licensing, not exceptions, appears therefore to be the most practical and – above all – practicable framework for accommodating AI development and striking the required ‘fair balance’ with copyright protection.”
Meta Wants Its AI to Learn From Your Camera Roll — “Those who use this new feature to its fullest, which means publishing the content that Facebook suggests with the AI-based edits it recommends, are handing over select content from their camera rolls to Meta to train AI. It may be worth the price for some, but it’s important that people realize precisely what they are giving to Meta when if they utilize the latest Facebook feature.”
How French Montana Won on a Copyright Technicality — “This all raises an uncomfortable question: Did Richardson actually have the rights he needed all along, only to lose because no one realized what his registration actually covered? The Seventh Circuit relied on Richardson’s own concession—repeated throughout the case—that he ‘did not obtain a musical composition copyright.’ But given that his Form SR registration listed ‘music,’ that assumption may have been mistaken.”