AI Can’t Be an Author: US Copyright Law Says Human Touch Still Required
By Ashna Govil (our correspondent in the United States!) Imagine submitting an artwork for copyright...
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Book Review: Colin Golvan’s Protecting Indigenous Art: From T-shirts to the Flag
Book review by Cassia Glynn Bray, Arts Law AITB Paralegal and Jess Im, Arts Law Paralegal and UTS...
Is Microsoft using your drafts to train its AI?
There has been some chat on the web that Microsoft is scraping your drafts to...
UK, AI and copyright law
Arts Law is tracking developments about generative AI around the world, noting those most recently...
First ratification of WIPO Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge Treaty
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently reported that Malawi has ratified the WIPO Treaty on...
Glaze and Nightshade: How artists are taking arms against AI scraping
By Ryan J Leck, Arts Law volunteer Artists the world over have begun using digital...
Copyright Enforcement Review
In December 2022, the Australian Federal Government undertook a review into the current copyright enforcement...
Meta AI: The use of Facebook and Instagram content to train generative AI
Many artists use social media, including Facebook and Instagram, to promote their art and advertise...
Now More Than Ever – reconciliation and ICIP
Now More Than Ever is the theme for Reconciliation Week 2024. As described by Reconciliation...
A new international treaty at the intersection of traditional knowledge and patent law
This month the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO’s) Intergovernmental Committee on Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural...
Reconciliation in action on the international stage
As a fitting embodiment of the persistence and compromise necessary for reconciliation in action, a...
Arts work is work, but artists are paid less
The 2024-2025 budget has failed to acknowledge the difficult position Australian professional artists find themselves...
