Intellectual property law wasn’t written with AI in mind, so it isn’t clear who owns the images that emerge from prompts – or if the artists whose work was scraped to train AI models should be paid.
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Do you own a literary work that ChatGPT helped you write? Does OpenAI? The legal questions are thorny, and the answers unclear.
We may know what ChatGPT can do, but questions remain over who owns the copyright.
Justin Bieber will no longer own the rights to music he created before 2022 – a legal expert explains why he made the decision, and why he may go on to regret it.
Canada’s extension of copyright might be good for corporations that hold copyrights, but it’s bad news for creators and the public.
The artist who once declared “copyright is for losers” finds himself locked in a legal battle over use of his artwork.
Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow’s new book reveals the tricks behind ‘Chokepoint Capitalism’ – how big corporations use low prices to lock in users and creators, while locking out real competition.
It’s not a copyright infringement, it’s a far more complicated and personal issue.
The Productivity Commission has proposed inauthentic Indigenous art should be labelled. But ‘fake art’ is only part of the problem.
After 20 years of copyright battles, publishers have still not found a way to make the most of the potential of digital books.
Buys, the award-winning novel by Willem Anker, uses lines without credit from the Irish writer - not the first such literary controversy it has raised.
It’s not the role of copyright law to limit creativity.
This week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the federal government had made the Aboriginal flag ‘freely available for public use’. What does this mean from a legal standpoint?
The Aboriginal flag cannot just be ‘freed’. It is an emblem of our emotion, our loves and losses. It holds our faith, our hope and our future.
Despite a succession of different challenges, Bgoya’s approach has been consistent.
New Zealanders won’t see the full text of the UK free trade agreement until it is signed, meaning it will proceed without open public debate – despite locking in constraints on future governments.
There’s a difference between owning property and owning the copyright in that property.
In choreography, the gray areas of copyright law make it difficult to determine what constitutes copyright infringement or plagiarism.
How colonial Customs protocols shaped copyright and censorship.
During the coronavirus pandemic, digitizing archives can help increase access. But in addition to the labour and financial costs, issues of privacy, copyright and resources need to be considered.
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City, University of London
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Law Honours Candidate, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Regents Professor of Law and Communication and Director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property, Texas A&M University
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Professor in Intellectual Property and Innovation Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, Brunel University London
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Senior lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Research Fellow, Intellectual Property and Innovation Law Research Program, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer in Law, University of New England
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Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, University of Sussex
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PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University
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Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
