Ongoing Copyright Questions:

🎨 As new tools emerge to create art, from OpenAI's video generator Sora to Suno, a leading text-to-music tool, questions regarding copyright and fair use remain.

⚖️ OpenAI and the NYT remain in a lawsuit concerning the use of NYT content by the model provider for training.

⚖️ Music publishers including Universal Music Group filed a lawsuit against AI company Anthropic, accusing it of illegally using copyrighted song lyrics to train AI models.

The Introduction of the Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act:

• The bill is aimed at enforcing transparency among AI companies and their use of copyrighted material to train models.

• The law mandates the disclosure of such use of copyrighted material to the Register of Copyrights,

  • applicable both retroactively and for future AI systems

Industry Perspectives:

• Broad Support from the Creative Community: The legislation has garnered support across various sectors of the creative industry,

  • The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), The Directors Guild of America, and SAG-AFTRA have all endorsed the bill

• These endorsements highlight the industry's collective concern over AI's potential to disrupt copyright and creativity.