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Opt-Out Approaches to AI Training: A False Compromise

Berkley Technology Law Journal

Until this course of litigation is resolved, the parties remain categorically opposed: defendants seek to maximize the training data available to their algorithms, while plaintiffs livelihood depends on exclusive ownership and control of their IP. However, in its current iteration, opt-out schemes do not truly allow rightsholders to opt out.

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When a Copyright Owner Gets Only a $1,000 Judgment in Federal Court, They’re the Real Losers–McDermott v. KMC

Eric Goldman

Matthew McDermott is a freelance photographer. The New York Post hired him to take photos of NYC police commissioner Keechant Sewell , paying him a day rate of $470. McDermott kept the copyright to those photo and granted NY Post a license. The New York Post story. The court runs through multiple considerations: Defendant’s state of mind. .

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Blogiversary: Guest Bloggers of the Technology & Marketing Law Blog (Part 8 of 10)

Eric Goldman

When I started the blog, I didn’t contemplate having guest bloggers. As it turns out, about 20% of the blog posts have been made by guest bloggers. Not even any blog schwag.] Note 2: I’ve had a few other guest bloggers at my personal blog, including Prof. Note 1: all guest bloggers do it purely for the glory.

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After hiQ Labs, Is Scraping Public Data Legal? (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

After two trips to the 9th Circuit, a remand from the Supreme Court, and nearly six years of motions and posturing, the outcome of the litigation was a permanent injunction against hiQ, a win for LinkedIn, and insolvency for scraper hiQ Labs. LinkedIn Corp. hiQ Labs I, 938 F.3d 3d 985 at 1005 ; hiQ Labs II at 43. Bright Data didn’t stop.

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Journalists’ Lack of Harm Fatal to DMCA Claims Against AI Developer

Debevoise Data Blog

Judge Colleen McMahon of the Southern District of New York dismissed plaintiffs’ suit in its entirety, holding that plaintiffs had no cognizable claim for damages or injunctive relief because they failed at this stage of litigation to demonstrate that they had been harmed in any way by OpenAI’s actions. Raw Story Media, Inc. OpenAI Inc. ,

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Understanding the CCB’s First Two Final Determinations (Guest Blog Post–Part 3 of 3)

Eric Goldman

Eight months after filing, the first two Copyright Claims Board (CCB) Final Determinations have been handed down. Mitrakos, 22-CCB-0035 , February 15, 2023, and Oppenheimer v. Prutton, 22-CCB-0045 , February 28, 2023. Step Two: The CCB does a compliance review of the filed claim to determine if the claim qualifies for the CCB. Let’s take a look.

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Another TOS Formation Failure in the 9th Circuit–Godun v. JustAnswer

Eric Goldman

The term “advisal” appears 29 times in this opinion, which confused me on two fronts. First, the term is not standard for this litigation genre. Important nomenclature note: the panel repeatedly refers to the call-to-action as an “ advisal.” ” The Berman opinion also used this term, but only once.