*Ian Drury I. Introduction — “The New Deepfake Dilemma” On September 30, 2025, OpenAI introduced its new Sora 2 video generation model.[1] Sora 2 is a generative AI video model that enables users to input text or an image to generate a realistic video with accompanying audio.[2] Less than a month later, OpenAI announced aContinue reading “YouTube’s AI ‘Likeness Detection’ Tool and the Emerging Law of Digital Identity”
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Artificial Intelligence Generated Art: A Federal District Court Paints a Path to Copyright Protection.
Cover Art: “A Recent Entrance to Paradise” created by the Creativity Machine and Steven Thaler. *Anne Clevenger I. Introduction Can an artificial intelligence (AI) program create art subject to copyright protection under the law? Though copyright law has been the subject of many legal disputes in the United States,[1] AI-generated artwork has seen very fewContinue reading “Artificial Intelligence Generated Art: A Federal District Court Paints a Path to Copyright Protection.”
“The New Hotness”: Jukebox Cops and Their DMCA Threat to the First Amendment
*Chase Hoffberger I. “Record All You Want” Sergeant David Shelby likely did not anticipate that a video of him queuing up a recording of a Taylor Swift song, during an otherwise unremarkable standoff with activists, would go viral on Twitter and YouTube, but that’s exactly how things played out.[1] Shelby, a sheriff’s deputy within California’sContinue reading ““The New Hotness”: Jukebox Cops and Their DMCA Threat to the First Amendment”
From Concert Venue to Your Couch: How the Changes in Music Performances are Presenting Complex Copyright Issues
*Kari Martiniano In a world where the COVID-19 pandemic has halted nearly all large gatherings, many industries have had to drastically change the ways they function.[1] In particular, the music industry was required to cease nearly all live performances, which is a main source of income for a majority of artists.[2] What constitutes a liveContinue reading “From Concert Venue to Your Couch: How the Changes in Music Performances are Presenting Complex Copyright Issues”
ARE INTERNET STREAMING SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS ENTITLED TO A COMPULSORY LICENSE UNDER THE 1976 COPYRIGHT ACT?
Are Internet Streaming Services Communications Channels Entitled to a Compulsory License Under the 1976 Copyright Act? Kimberly Boyd* In its most recent battle with major television broadcast networks, online video distributor (OVD) FilmOn X, LLC (formerly Aereokiller, LLC) argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that its services were analogousContinue reading “ARE INTERNET STREAMING SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS ENTITLED TO A COMPULSORY LICENSE UNDER THE 1976 COPYRIGHT ACT?”
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