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Big Three Record Labels Sue over Alleged AI Music Infringement
July 30th, 2024
Contributor: Pramod Chintalapoodi
A group of music companies including the three major US record labels—Sony Music, Warner Music Group, and Universal Music Group— have sued the artificial intelligence (AI) music companies Suno and Udio over alleged copyright infringement of music…
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AI Voice Rights Battle: AI companies accused of stealing actors’ voices
July 17th, 2024
As NPR reports, Lawyers for Scarlett Johansson are demanding that OpenAI disclose how it developed an AI personal assistant voice that the actress says sounds uncannily similar to her own. The lawyers are demanding details about how and why OpenAI’…
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Reddit and Google Enter into AI Content Licensing Agreement
March 15th, 2024
Reuters has reported that Reddit has entered into an agreement with Google to make content posted by Reddit users available to train Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) models. According to a source, this licensing deal is worth about $60 million…
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NFT Trademarks and Licensing
March 2nd, 2022
The non-fungible token (NFT) industry is booming, with a value of more than $40 billion in 2021, according to Bloomberg. As we explained in this blog, An NFT is a type of cryptocurrency asset wherein each item, or token, is unique. It is not easily e…
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Can Open-Source Software enforcement help save the planet?
February 7th, 2022
#page-title:text-align: left; The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) has sued smart TV manufacturer Vizio for alleged breaches of open-source software (OSS) licenses. Vizio smart TVs use the Linux operating system, which includes OSS. As opensource.c…
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Life Sciences IP Trends for 2021
February 15th, 2021
Biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars annually in acquisitions, collaborations, and IP licensing agreements. These agreements lead to more innovations in terms of therapies and technologies to treat various illnesses an…
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