The Briefing: What Is Fair Use and Why Does It Matter? (Featured)
(Podcast) The Briefing: What Is Fair Use and Why Does It Matter? (Featured)
The Briefing: Anthropic Settles AI Training Case for $1.5 Billion +
(Podcast) The Briefing: What Is Fair Use and Why Does It Matter?
The Briefing: What Is Fair Use and Why Does It Matter?
(Podcast) The Briefing: Anthropic, Copyright, and the Fair Use Divide
The Briefing: Anthropic, Copyright, and the Fair Use Divide
Podcast: The Briefing - Court Rejects Post-Warhol Fair Use Defense in Photographer’s Copyright Lawsuit
The Briefing: Court Rejects Post-Warhol Fair Use Defense in Photographer’s Copyright Lawsuit
The Briefing: Is Warhol Bad for Documentarians?
Podcast: The Briefing - Is Warhol Bad for Documentarians?
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - What Now for Fair Use After Warhol v. Goldsmith
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: What Now for Fair Use After Warhol v. Goldsmith
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Update – Andy Warhol Foundation Urges Supreme Court to Reverse Fair Use Decision
Podcast - The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Update – Andy Warhol Foundation Urges Supreme Court to Reverse Fair Use Decision
Podcast - The Briefing from the IP Law Blog: Embed at Your Own (Copyright) Risk
The Briefing from the IP Law Blog: Embed at Your Own (Copyright) Risk
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Tattoos, Videogames, and Lawsuits: Who Owns the Copyright on Athletic Ink?
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Tattoos, Videogames, and Lawsuits: Who Owns the Copyright on Athletic Ink?
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Dr. Seuss Sets Photon Torpedoes on Star Trek Mashup in 9th Circuit Appeal (Part One, Copyright)
The art world is experiencing a digital revolution. Immersive technologies are reimagining the shapes that art can take and how the public can view the art. Museums offer augmented reality overlays that animate paintings....more
Since the launch of the first Large Language Models (LLMs), a wave of copyright litigation has been initiated by authors, musicians, and news organizations alleging that their works were misappropriated to build today’s most...more
Two recent decisions by the District Court for the Southern District of New York offer guidance on how courts are approaching copyright claims against generative AI companies. ...more
In early December 2025, the Southern District of New York issued a decision in Level 12 Productions, LLC v. Mediaite, LLC. The holding highlights a growing risk for publishers and businesses that use embedded social media...more
Creators, beware: just because it’s online doesn’t mean it’s fair game. In this episode of The Briefing, Scott Hervey and Richard Buckley break down one of the most misunderstood areas of copyright law—fair use. In this...more
District court finds Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s use of cropped photographs of rock band Van Halen as part of exhibit about instruments used throughout rock and roll history constituted fair use, dismissing photographer’s...more
Reaction videos are everywhere. Whether it is a YouTuber breaking down a music video, a streamer commenting on a movie trailer, or a TikTok creator responding to viral clips, audiences love watching people react in real time....more
Recent U.S. court decisions have seemingly addressed whether the use of copyrighted materials for Artificial Intelligence (AI) training should be considered fair use. However, these decisions do not have the sweeping...more
Many of the cases we discuss on this blog are decided at the district court level on a motion to dismiss or for judgment on the pleadings. Some are decided on summary judgment. But what happens when step two of the inquiry...more
This summer, artificial intelligence (“AI”) developers notched their first major fair use victory when U.S. District Judge William Alsup issued a split ruling on whether AI companies like Anthropic may legally train large...more
Santos v. Kimmel, No. 24-2196-cv, 2025 WL 2825050 (2d Cir. Oct. 6, 2025) - Fair use just got a late-night twist: the Second Circuit says Jimmy Kimmel’s jokes about former Congressman George Santos were more than funny—they...more
Likely setting a precedent that will be followed by others suing AI companies over training of LLM models, Anthropic has agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement with book authors....more
The Anthropic settlement shows just how costly copyright missteps can be in AI development. Anthropic has agreed to a $1.5B settlement after a court found that keeping a permanent library of pirated books was not fair...more
Warner Bros. Discovery and affiliates sued Midjourney, Inc., in the Central District of California on Sept. 5, alleging direct and secondary infringement under the Copyright Act in its use of copyrighted works to train...more
“The artificial intelligence landscape shifted dramatically this month when Anthropic, the company behind the popular Claude chatbot, agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action copyright lawsuit brought by authors...more
Anthropic, a leading developer of artificial intelligence large language models (LLMs), has reached a settlement in a closely watched dispute with a class of authors and publishers who alleged copyright infringement arising...more
As lawsuits over artificial intelligence and copyrights continue to unfold, two recent federal court decisions from the Northern District of California provide early insight—conflicting at times—into how judges will begin to...more
In a July IP Hot Topic, we wrote about a pivotal summary judgment ruling in Bartz v. Anthropic that added another data point in the newly forming fair use landscape for copyright actions against GenAI companies. In that case,...more
Robin Hood, the legendary antihero, is beloved for stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. But what if he stole from the rich and then gave to his own bank account, with the explicit intent of writing checks to the...more
It is undeniable that artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere and having unprecedented rapid effects on business and society. The law, however, evolves at a slower pace and it takes key decisions by courts and government...more
Knobbe Martens attorneys Mark Lezama and Lincoln Essig, along with Sam Olive, Senior Director and Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property at Cisco, will be hosting a webinar on Copyright and AI: Legal Risk After Meta...more