In recent weeks, Meta, Google, OpenAI and others have asked the Trump administration to block state A.I. laws and to declare that it is legal for them to use copyrighted material to train their A.I. models. They are also lobbying to use federal data to develop the technology, as well as for easier access to energy sources for their computing demands. And they have asked for tax breaks, grants and other incentives.
Source: Emboldened by Trump, A.I. Companies Lobby for Fewer Rules
UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has reiterated the government’s stance on AI copyright policy, urging critics not to “resist change” as discussions continue. The proposal, which would require creators to actively opt out if they do not want their work included in AI training datasets, has drawn criticism from musicians, filmmakers, and media organisations.
Source: UK Technology Secretary defends AI copyright plans amid industry backlash
Can internet service providers be held liable for pirating subscribers? Internet provider Grande Communications asked the Supreme Court to review this key question. With no clear standards for handling copyright infringement notices, internet service providers are caught between a rock and a hard place, Grande argues. In its petition, the ISP highlights the need to resolve the “scattershot” approach to ISP liability, seeking a more defined and workable solution.
Source: Supreme Court Asked to Resolve ISP’s Copyright Piracy Conundrum * TorrentFreak
More than 400 Hollywood creative leaders signed an open letter to the Trump White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, urging the administration to not roll back copyright protections at the behest of AI companies. “We firmly believe that America’s global AI leadership must not come at the expense of our essential creative industries,” the letter says in part.
The Songwriters Guild of America (SGA), the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL), and Music Creators North America (MCNA) have released a joint statement addressing request for comments on the proposed AI Action Plan by the Trump administration. Together, they propose a legislative solution that would include establishing sui generis rights for music creators to control the use of their works on generative AI platforms.
Source: Is a Blanket Music Licensing System Ahead for GenAI?
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday affirmed that a work of art generated by artificial intelligence without human input cannot be copyrighted under U.S. law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed with the U.S. Copyright Office that an image created by Stephen Thaler’s AI system “DABUS” was not entitled to copyright protection, and that only works with human authors can be copyrighted.
Source: US Appeals Court Rejects Copyrights for AI-Generated Art Lacking ‘Human’ Creator
More than 30 performing arts leaders in the UK, including the bosses of the National Theatre, Opera North and the Royal Albert Hall, have joined the chorus of creative industry concern about the government’s plans to let artificial intelligence companies use artists’ work without permission. They also urged the government to support the “moral and economic rights” of the creative community in music, dance, drama and opera.
Source: Performing arts leaders issue copyright warning over UK government’s AI plans
On London Book Fair’s opening day, Maria A. Pallante, president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, said the AAP would be filing its response imminently in response to the Trump administration’s call for public input. And in the same session, Dan Conway, CEO of the UK’s Publishers Association, told us that there’s no result known as yet from the consultation period, nor a sense for how long an outcome may be in coming.
Source: AI: Publishers Warn White House of ‘a Bloated Fair-Use Defense’ and an ‘Unworkable Opt-Out Regime’
OpenAI is asking the U.S. government to make it easier for AI companies to learn from copyrighted material, citing a need to “strengthen America’s lead” globally in advancing the technology. The proposal is part of a wider plan that the tech company behind ChatGPT submitted to the U.S. government on Thursday as part of President Donald Trump’s coming “AI Action Plan.”
Source: OpenAI urges U.S. to allow AI models to train on copyrighted material
Eric Shamlin, Television Academy governor and chair of its AI Task Force, urged members to take on an advocacy role in developing AI policies and frameworks, during a keynote at Saturday’s TV Academy AI Summit. “We must now lead,” he asserted. “We can’t afford to sit back and wait for others to shape how AI is implemented into our industry.”
Source: ‘We Must Now Lead’ Warns TV Academy Governor Eric Shamlin at AI Summit