The OG Mickey Mouse Finally Hits the Public Domain Next Week
January 1, 2024 won’t just be the start of a new year. It’ll also see Mickey and Minnie Mouse enter the public domain. Lucy & Danny Devito Tell io9 About…
Pulitzer Winner Michael Chabon Sues Meta for Allegedly Using His Copyrighted Material to Train AI
Authors are suing Meta for allegedly using their works to train its Llama artificial intelligence software, according to a class action lawsuit filed on Tuesday. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon…
Judge Rules Wholly AI-Created Art Can’t Get Copyright Protections
For those in the entertainment industry (and creative fields more generally), AI has been an extremely divisive topic. As various websites like ArtStation have decided to basically let art created…
Internet Archive Faces Uphill Battle in Lawsuit Over Its Free Digital Library
A federal judge heard oral arguments in a lawsuit filed by four major book publishers against Internet Archive for alleged copyright infringement on Monday. The lawsuit was first filed in…
An AI-Illustrated Comic Has Lost a Key Copyright Case
Image: Midjourney When Kris Kashtanova attempted to copyright their comic book Zarya of the Dawn, the United States Copyright Office originally granted them the rights. Later, the agency put the book…
Twitch warns creators about a wave of DMCA takedown requests
Big changes are coming to Twitch. And the Amazon-owned livestreaming platform doesn’t have a choice. According to Twitch, the company recently received a massive batch of DMCA takedown requests “with…
Naughty Dog apologizes for using artist’s song without credit
A trailer for ‘The Last of Us Part II’ featured Lotte Kestner’s cover of New Order’s ‘True Faith’ without credit