Comparing AI Training to Human Learning Is Cartoonishly Absurd — “Analogizing AI processes to human processes may be helpful as a simplistic way to explain how certain aspects of AI work. However, relying on these analogies as a substitute for actual legal and policy analysis can lead to erroneous blurring of lines, resulting in poorly conceived laws and policies, which prioritize AI over humans and setting a very dangerous precedent for our future.”
Baby Shark song not plagiarised – South Korean top court — “South Korea’s Supreme Court has rejected a US composer’s allegation that the producers of the inescapably catchy children’s song Baby Shark plagiarised his work, ending a six-year-long legal battle. The court upheld two lower court verdicts that favoured Pinkfong, the South Korean company behind the tune with the “doo doo doo doo doo doo” refrain that has been streamed billions of times.”
Copyright and Piracy: Publishers Coordinate on the Anthropic Lawsuit, ‘A Moment of Reckoning’ — “So large is the class being formed—of both publishers and authors—that Anthropic in its defense is asserting that paying damages to publishers and authors could bankrupt the AI company.”
Which judge will decide fair use next in AI copyright litigation? Judge Saylor IV, most likely — “We have an updated prediction of which district court judge will have the next decision on fair use in the AI litigation. Technically, Judge Alsup will get another shot at deciding fair use in the remaining part of the lawsuit in Bartz v. Anthropic, set for trial on December 1, 2025, related to Anthropic’s downloading and possible retention of copies from shadow libraries.”
Australian authors challenge Productivity Commission’s proposed copyright law exemption for AI — Lucy Hayward, CEO of the Australian Society of Authors (ASA), said the proposal gave ‘a free pass’ to multinational tech companies, such as Google, Meta and OpenAI, to continue using unauthorised copyrighted material to train their AI models. ‘Why should we create a situation where billion-dollar tech companies can profit off authors’ work, but not the creators who made the work? It’s an entirely absurd proposition,’ Hayward told ABC Arts.”