• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Copyrightlaws.com: Copyright courses and education in plain English

Copyrightlaws.com is the place for copyright education. Online eTutorials and Certificate programs to demystify copyright law.

  • Courses
    • Calendar
    • Graduates
    • Testimonials
  • Custom-Built
  • Certificate Programs
  • Join Our List
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • General Copyright Resources
    • A Simple Guide to Licensing Electronic Resources
    • A Simple Guide to Fair Use: How To Apply Fair Use to Your Copyright Scenarios
    • A Simple Guide to Copyright for Librarians: 15 Essential Facts & Tips
    • A Simple Guide to U.S. Copyright Law
    • 6 Best Practices for Legally Using Google Images
    • Creative Commons Licenses: How to Choose the Best CC License
    • A Simple Guide to Legally Using Images in Presentations
    • Downloadable Simple Guides to Copyright
  • U.S. Copyright Law Resources
  • Canadian Copyright Law Resources
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • Courses
  • Certificate Programs
  • Resources
  • Join Our List
  • About
  • Contact Us
×

30 January 2023

Copyright News and Articles

FacebookXLinkedInRedditPinterest
Copyright News and Articles

Copyrightlaws.com publishes a list of popular and interesting copyright news and articles from the U.S., Canada and around the world. Scroll down to see the latest items.

Want more copyright tips and information?
Subscribe to our weekly email and grow your copyright knowledge.

If this form doesn't work, follow this link to sign up: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/r/92149E5ACE5A5A84
We respect your privacy.

Bookmark This Post for Copyright News and Articles

Bookmark this post and check back here every second Monday for the latest update of copyright news and stories or better yet, subscribe for free to our copyright email list and enjoy a copyright email from us each Sunday in your email inbox. Please note that we will only be keeping the last two months' worth of news on this page in the interest of keeping it manageable.

Copyright Course Schedule

Click to see our Course Calendar and registration information.

Copyrightlaws.com's Most Read Articles in 2024

  1. How To Protect Photos You Post Online
  2. What Is the Public Domain?
  3. 6 Best Practices for Legally Using Google Images
  4. Copyright Permissions Sample Letter
  5. Instagram and Copyright — What Are the Terms of Use?

Copyright news and articles (29 June 2025)

Balancing Copyright And Access: The Internet Archive Case And The Implications For Fair Use In Digital Lending

Copyright, Compliance, and Confidentiality: Finding Common Ground in Generative AI

Getty Images Faces Off Against Stability in Court as First Major AI Copyright Trial Begins

Disney, Universal File First Major Studio Lawsuit Against AI Company, Sue Midjourney for Copyright Infringement: ‘This Is Theft’

Getty Images v Stability AI - UK trial begins... (Part 2 - copyright and database right)

Getty Images v Stability AI - UK trial begins (Part 3 - Defences)

Take Care Before You Share: How Copyright Registration Can Turn Nothing Into Something

Why the Studios’ Midjourney Lawsuit Is Different

Unlocking E-Lending in Europe: Is Independent Secure Digital Lending legal under EU and international law? – Report Summary (Part I) and Part II

IP Hot Topic: The (Media) Empire Strikes Back

Jimmy Page Back In Court For "Dazed And Confused": Copyright In Music Back In The Spotlight

Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Copyright Lawsuit Won’t Go to Supreme Court

AG Emiliou advises CJEU on pastiche (while adopting very critical stance on EU copyright system as a whole and past CJEU case law too)

Muse Or Machine? The Curious Case Of AI And Ownership In Copyright Law

Copyright news and articles (15 June 2025)

Understanding copyright protection in Ghana – For Content Creators and Businesses

Do AI models dream of dolphins in lake Balaton?

First case on AI and copyright referred to the CJEU

Legal Protection Of Computer Programs And Software: Is Ghana's Copyright Act Fit For Purpose?

To Use or Not to Use? Fear Not! The Public Domain Beckons Thee

Levelling up: the IP journey of Nintendo

Mapping the Intersection of AI and Canadian Law

5 Takeaways from the Copyright Office’s Report on Generative AI Training

Recent Firings And Resignations Show The Depth Of Disputes Over Copyright Fair Use And Training Gen AI

Copyright Strikes? ANI-time! Disappearing Free Speech in the Copyright and Broadcasting World

Copyright Litigation in China: Some Interesting AI-Related Decisions from Chinese Courts

AG Szpunar’s opinion in Mio/konektra: A welcome clarification of the CJEU’s case law on works of applied art

Government AI copyright plan suffers fourth House of Lords defeat

The Great Flip: Is Opt Out a Prohibited Formality under the Berne Convention? Part I and Part II

Mike Kelley vs. Trump: The Photo That Could Spark a Presidential Copyright War

The ‘beige Amazon influencer’ lawsuit is headed for dismissal

Lawsuit Against Jennifer Lopez For Posting Her Pictures: Copyright Lessons For Celebrities, Creatives And The General Public

What to think about the music Industry in licensing talks with the two AI startups Udio and Suno

Mounting Resignations Call into Question Legitimacy of ALI Copyright Restatement

Class Dismissed? Representative Claims in Getty v. Stability AI

Peers vote to defy government over copyright threat from AI

Gone from Copyright: Ninth Circuit Rejects Copyright Protection for Iconic “Eleanor” Shelby Mustang

Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories in May 2025

No Fair Use Defense Results in Default Judgment

UK government signals it will not force tech firms to disclose how they train AI

I Just Received My Copyright Certificate of Registration with No Signature - Now What?

[Guest post] Why the US Copyright Office’s AI Copyrightability Report is dysfunctional

Enos v. The Walt Disney Company

Sharing the Stage: How Tempo Music Investments LLC v. Miley Cyrus et al Reinforces Copyright Co-owner Rights

Copyright news and articles (1 June 2025)

Could This be the Ai-nswer? A Collective Copyright Licence for Generative AI Training

Copyright Office Weighs in on AI and Fair Use Amid Major Leadership Shakeup

Copyright Office Report on Training AI and Fair Use

Popeye Without Spinach, Mickey Mouse Without Gloves? Copyright Terms And The Public Domain

Portugal takes AI copyright battle to Brussels

Copyrightability of Greeting Cards

AI and Copyright - the Kidron Amendments

EUIPO Will Launch ‘Copyright Knowledge Centre’ to Help Address Emerging AI Issues

Kadrey v. Meta: The First Major Test of Fair Use in the Age of Generative AI

Ministers block Lords bid to make AI firms declare use of copyrighted content

Dua Lipa May Be Levitating, But South African Copyright Law Is Pretty Static

Anthropic expert accused of using AI-fabricated source in copyright case

Does Human Learning equal Machine Learning? High Court of Delhi to rule on lawfulness of TDM for Machine Learning

Copyright Infringement Liability for Generative AI Training Following the Copyright Office’s AI Report and Administrative Shakeup

Solomon’s Choice: Charting the Future of AI Policy in Canada

'Criminal': Elton John condemns UK's AI copyright plans

Copyright In The Age Of AI: Legal Tensions And Emerging Cases

A Single Slice Of Legal History: What The "Cheese" Copyright Means For AI And IP Law

From Hollywood to Germany: A Transatlantic Comparison of Collective Agreements on AI in Film and TV Production – Part 1

Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Warner Bros. Discovery Over Superman Rights

We're All Copyright Owners. Why You Need to Care About AI and Copyright

Copyright Protection For Works Of Applied Art

Different Kinds of Cool That Still Just Don’t Register: Why Birkenstocks & Melted Rink Ice (AKA Water) Aren’t Copyrightable

Adapting to AI: Copyright Law Will Catch Up, as it Always Has

Repairing products and EU IP law: A forthcoming copyright development?

CJEU receives first referral on chatbots and copyright

Copyright news and articles (18 May 2025)

Limitation-Based Remuneration Rights: An Underexplored Approach to Balancing Copyright Interests in the EU

Meta Faces Copyright Reckoning in Authors’ Generative AI Case

Essential Economics of Collective Copyright Management in the Twenty-First Century

Using AI to Analyze the Sentiment of Public Comments on AI and Copyright

Copyright and Licencing for Cultural Heritage Collections As Data

US federal judge on Meta's AI copyright fair use argument: 'You are dramatically changing, you might even say obliterating, the market for that person's work'

Celebrating World IP Day 2025

Surge in Copyright Claims by Music Publishers for Unauthorized Use of Music in Social Media Marketing

Thaler Urges Full D.C. Circuit to Rehear AI-Generated Art Case

Copyrightability Of Movie Characters

Ministers reconsider changes to UK copyright law ahead of vote

Copyright alone cannot protect the future of creative work

Top 10 Noteworthy Copyright Stories in April 2025

Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa among artists urging Starmer to rethink AI copyright plans

The AI And Copyright Dilemma: Can Machines Be Authors?

UK’s Collective Licensing Initiative Aims to Harmonize AI and Copyright Law

Five Takeaways from the Copyright Office’s Controversial New AI Report

Trump fires top US copyright official

Copyright news and articles (4 May 2025)

ROSS Intelligence Appeals Originality, Fair Use Rulings in Thomson Reuters AI Legal Tool Lawsuit

AG Campos advises CJEU to rule that joint ownership of copyright remains within the remit of national law, not EU law. But is that (still) right?

China And The U.S. - Different Approaches To Regulating AI

Studio Ghibli Style AI Art Raises Copyright Questions

France Takes Pioneering Step In Recognizing Blockchain Time-Stamping As Proof Of Authorship In Intellectual Property

When AI and Copyright clash: Chinese courts find AI platform liable for contributory copyright infringement based on AI generated images

Superman’s Copyright Saga

Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design Part I and Part II

Copyrightability Of AI Generated Works

Ian Crosby leads legal charge for fair use of copyrighted content by AI

To Opt Out Or Not To Opt Out? – The Question Of The "Opt-Out Model" For AI Training

The Fine Line Between Inspiration and Infringement: Studio Ghibli vs. AI Generator

South Africa's Copyright Amendment Bill: Balancing Creators' Rights And Public Access In The Digital Age

PPL Cannot Issue Licenses for Sound Recordings Without Being Registered as a Copyright Society: DHC

The TDM Opt-Out in the EU – Five Problems, One Solution

To Kill a Termination Right? ‘Mockingbird’ Battle Heats Up

AI and the visual arts: The case for copyright protection

This Is How Meta AI Staffers Deemed More Than 7 Million Books to Have No “Economic Value”

AI and IP in Hollywood: Finding Balance on the Verge of a New Creative Class

New Copyright Lawsuit Against Roblox!

Originality in the Age of AI: How to Get Copyright Protection Now?

Copyright Protection And Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI): The Swiss Approach

The long and bumpy road to copyright for the digital market – implementation of the CDSM in Poland – II: Right to Remuneration

Copyright Office Solidifies Stance On The Copyrightability Of AI-Generated Works

Press Play on American IP: AI Can’t Scratch the Soundtrack to World IP Day

Copyright Lawyer Insights from the ALAI 2025 Copyright Year in Review

U.S. District Judge Refuses To Dismiss Copyright Infringement Claims against Musk and Tesla®* in Blade Runner 2049 Case

Sydney woman who sold a cartoon cat T-shirt told to pay US$100,000 in Grumpy Cat copyright case

Focus | Music and IP

Crumbl is sued for $24M over music copyright violations

Copyright news and articles (20 April 2025)

From LOL To Law Suits: The Clash Between Memes And Copyrights

AI News Roundup

Uncertainty Means AI Training Can Continue

Flava Works pounds Illinois with new copyright movie piracy lawsuit

Alalääkkölä v Palmer: New Zealand Supreme Court confirms copyright is relationship property

Recent decision on copyright infringement: A puff piece

March 2025 Roundup of Copyright News

[Guest post] Who will run the world – Beyoncé or quasi-Beyoncé?

Second and Third drafts of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice have been released

First Decision Finding Copyright Infringement In Generative AI

US authors’ copyright lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft combined in New York with newspaper actions

When Man Beats Machine: The Latest in Artificial Intelligence and Copyright

AI and Copyright: What a Recent Court Ruling Means for AI Creators and Intellectual Property Rights

Fair Dealing or Foul Play? The Latest Kunal Kamra Controversy Part I and Part II

What’s Up With Copyright Lately?: Spring Cleaning Edition

Judge calls out OpenAI’s “straw man” argument in New York Times copyright suit

[Guest post] ‘Ghiblification’ and the Moral Wrongs of U.S. Copyright Law

Court Grants Interlocutory Appeal on AI Fair Use Issue

No Infringement Intended: Can My Band Cover a Famous Song? A Look at Copyright Law in Music

Thaler v. Perlmutter: Human Authors at the Center of Copyright?

Charting a Course on AI Policy: the U.S. Copyright Office Speaks!

One copyright to rule them all?

EU AI Office Publishes Third Draft of EU AI Act-Related General-Purpose AI Code of Practice: Key Copyright Issues

OpenAI Copyright Suit Consolidation Portends Consistency, Risk

Copyright Challenges In The Age Of AI

3rd draft of the GPAI Code of Practice: copyright transparency is unwanted, and it shows

The Ghibli Effect: Blurring The Lines Between Creativity And Copyright

Copyright in Brazil in 2025: What to Expect?

Queen Anne's Revenge: Government Copyrights Creators And Government Copiers

Court Grants Interlocutory Appeal On AI Fair Use Issue

You Can Now Fix Your Own Stuff: What's New In Canada's Copyright Law

Studio Ghibli Style AI Art Raises Copyright Questions

EU copyright law roundup – first trimester of 2025

Law professors side with authors battling Meta in AI copyright case

Copyright news and articles (6 April 2025)

Copyright And Intellectual Property

DC Circuit rules AI-generated work ineligible for copyright

Artificial Intelligence and Copyright: Challenges and Opportunities

When the Machine Becomes the Creator: Artificial Intelligence v. the Human Creator Requirements of U.S. Copyright Law

Generative AI Training Case Flags Competition As Major Factor

AI Search Has A Citation Problem

Court Rules AI Can’t Author a Copyrighted Work

AI Aftershocks: US Copyright Licensing Booms

UK-Based Graffiti Artists Sue Vivienne Westwood in California for Misuse of Their Tags

Navigating User Lawfulness in European Copyright Law: From Lawful Use to Lawful Access

US Court of Appeal confirms human authorship requirement, including for AI

Copyright Office Solidifies Stance on the Copyrightability of AI-Generated Works

Hollywood creatives urge government to defend copyright laws against AI

New York District Court Confirms Limits of Copyright Protection Regarding Historical Events

AI firms push to use copyrighted content freely

Goncharov (1973), Internet Folklore, and Corporate Copyright

AI copyright and human authorship: Thaler v Perlmutter

Another Chinese Court Finds that AI-Generated Images Can Be Protected by Copyright: The Changshu People’s Court and the ‘Half Heart’ Case

Court Denies Bid to Dismiss ‘The Pitt’ Lawsuit Against Warner Bros. TV, ‘ER’ Alums

Who and What the DMCA Protects

Are Creators Aligned on Artificial Intelligence?

Who Owns Legal Knowledge? AI, Copyright, and Market Power

Ben Stiller, Mark Ruffalo and More Than 400 Hollywood Names Urge Trump to Not Let AI Companies ‘Exploit’ Copyrighted Works

The Perils of ‘Free’ Information

A 10 Crore Compensation Claim For A 3 Second BTS Clip: Examining Copyright Claims In The US And India's Entertainment Sector

Is Web Scraping the Only Copyright Concern for AI?

‘Copyright for Humans’

Anthropic wins early round in music publishers' AI copyright case

Judge allows 'New York Times' copyright case against OpenAI to go forward

ChatGPT's new image generator blurs copyright lines

Protecting Indigenous Knowledge And Traditional Medicine Under Intellectual Property Law In Nigeria

USC Faces the Music: Sony Music Sues USC for Unauthorized Use of Sound Recordings in Social Media

Copyright, Cultural Issues and Canada’s General Election, 2025

Key Takeaways From the Copyright Office's Report on the Economic Impact of AI

Applying Natural Intelligence (NI) to Artificial Intelligence (AI): Understanding ‘Why’ Training ChatGPT Transcends the Contours of Copyright Part I and Part II

German Federal Supreme Court rejects copyright protection for Birkenstock sandals.

AI Copyright Litigation: Recent Legal Developments

Designers say plans for UK copyright law risk ‘running roughshod’ over sector

The Style Returns: Some notes on ChatGPT and Studio Ghibli

Publishers, journalists, and film producers attack ‘fundamentally flawed’ plan for enforcing Europe’s new AI law

What a Piece of Work is a Man [made piece of art] Non-humans (Still) Can’t be Authors Under the Copyright Act

Want more copyright tips and information?
Subscribe to our weekly email and grow your copyright knowledge.

If this form doesn't work, follow this link to sign up: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/r/92149E5ACE5A5A84
We respect your privacy.
FacebookXLinkedInRedditPinterest
« Creative Commons Licenses: How to Choose the Best CC License
A Simple Guide to Licensing Electronic Resources: How To Address Your Licensing Issues With Confidence »

Primary Sidebar

copyright leadership certificate

Subscribe for Free and Get Copyright Tips and Information Every Week (we never share our email list)

If this form doesn't work, follow this link to sign up: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/r/92149E5ACE5A5A84

About Copyrightlaws.com

Since 1998, Copyrightlaws.com has been the go-to resource for copyright and licensing information, including copyright education, eTutorials and copyright certificate programs.

Don't Miss Our Copyright Ecourses

License our copyright courses

Build-Your-Own Copyright Education Packages

debunking copyright myths

Demystifying Copyright Myths, Public Domain and Creative Commons Licenses

Demystifying the Role of the Go-To Copyright Person Online Course

Build copyright awareness

21 Virtual Ways to Build Copyright Awareness in Your Library or Organization Course

About our Certificate Programs

The Copyright Leadership Certificate and the Certificate in Canadian Copyright Law are our signature programs. Read More…

Footer

About Copyrightlaws.com

Copyrightlaws.com was founded in 1998 as an objective copyright education site.

Copyright Courses

Selecting an Online Copyright Course ❘ Copyrightlaws.com
Online copyright courses
License our copyright courses