The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s industrial policy: inward turn by ultimatum | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/15/the-guardian-view-on-donald-trump-industrial-policy-inward-turn-by-ultimatum #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Pharmaceuticalsindustry #Intellectualproperty #Internationaltrade #Airlineindustry #Globaleconomy #DonaldTrump #Technology #Computing #Worldnews #JoeBiden #Nvidia #Boeing #USnews

”…Sam Altman is, despite outward appearances, not a nice fellow. This came apparent in a new way on Friday, when TED’s leader, Chris Anderson, usually quite friendly to AI, pushed Sam on copyright issues.”
—Gary Marcus
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/sam-altmans-attitude-problem
#samaltman #altman #openai #intellectualproperty

It's already been suggested that #China could put #IntellectualProperty agreements with USia on the #Tariffs negotiating table.

Ignoring IP agreements with the US could spread .

"Say goodbye to Hollywood, say goodbye my bay-ay-bee."

How did everyone suddenly start defending #intellectualproperty because of #genAI?
It's baffling.

Search Engine Journal: Google Files New Patent On Personal History-Based Search. “Google recently filed a new patent for a way to provide search results based on a user’s browsing and email history. The patent outlines a new way to search within the context of a search engine, within an email interface, and through a voice-based assistant (referred to in the patent as a voice-based dialog […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/14/search-engine-journal-google-files-new-patent-on-personal-history-based-search/

Dorsey and Musk's Controversial Call to Erase Intellectual Property Laws: A Tech Perspective

In a provocative exchange, Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk advocate for the deletion of intellectual property laws, igniting a heated debate within the tech community. As AI companies face lawsuits over cop...

https://news.lavx.hu/article/dorsey-and-musk-s-controversial-call-to-erase-intellectual-property-laws-a-tech-perspective

The Conversation: Protecting artists’ rights: what responsible AI means for the creative industries. “To reduce the potential risks in AI technologies, businesses and public organisations worldwide are increasingly adopting self-regulation to promote responsible AI practices. The Make it Fair Campaign, launched by the UK’s creative industries on February 25, calls on the UK government to […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/13/the-conversation-protecting-artists-rights-what-responsible-ai-means-for-the-creative-industries/

The Register:

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/13/the-register-judge-says-meta-must-defend-claim-it-stripped-copyright-info-from-llamas-training-fodder/

The Register: Copyright-ignoring AI scraper bots laugh at robots.txt so the IETF is trying to improve it. “Content creators resort to IP blocking because major model-makers did not ask for permission or seek licenses before scraping the internet for content needed to train their AIs. OpenAI is now lobbying for copyright reform that would allow it to scrape more content without payment.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/13/the-register-copyright-ignoring-ai-scraper-bots-laugh-at-robots-txt-so-the-ietf-is-trying-to-improve-it/

Perfume brands fighting a ‘lost cause’ against cheap dupes, say lawyers https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/apr/12/perfume-brands-fighting-a-lost-cause-against-cheap-dupes-say-lawyers #Intellectualproperty #Lifeandstyle #Socialmedia #Fragrance #Business #Beauty #Law

AI avatar generator Synthesia does video footage deal with Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/10/ai-avatar-generator-synthesia-video-footage-shutterstock #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Intellectualproperty #Technology #Computing #Business #UKnews #Media

Ars Technica: Judge calls out OpenAI’s “straw man” argument in New York Times copyright suit. “According to OpenAI, the NYT should have known that ChatGPT was being trained on its articles and raised its lawsuit in 2020, partly because of the newspaper’s own reporting. To support this, OpenAI pointed to a single November 2020 article, where the NYT reported that OpenAI was analyzing a […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/07/ars-technica-judge-calls-out-openais-straw-man-argument-in-new-york-times-copyright-suit/

PC World: US feds say AI-generated prompt outputs can’t be copyrighted. “The bottom line of the updated Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (PDF) is that a work of art needs ‘some degree of originality’ and ‘human authorship’ in order for it to be eligible for copyright in the United States. Crucially, simply plugging prompts into an AI image generator or text generator does NOT […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/06/pc-world-us-feds-say-ai-generated-prompt-outputs-cant-be-copyrighted/

#writers #IntellectualProperty #Facebook #AI #protests #activism

' Around 100 authors on Thursday protested outside the London headquarters of Meta, accusing the U.S. tech giant of "stealing" content to train its Artificial Intelligence models.'

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/04/04/entertainment-news/authors-protest-meta-ai/

AFP: Authors hold London protest against Meta for ‘stealing’ work to train AI. “Around 100 authors on Thursday protested outside the London headquarters of Meta, accusing the U.S. tech giant of ‘stealing’ content to train its Artificial Intelligence models.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/04/afp-authors-hold-london-protest-against-meta-for-stealing-work-to-train-ai/

Gizmodo: Screamboat‘s Director Breaks Down the Ins and Outs of Public Domain Horror. “Winnie the Pooh. Popeye. Steamboat Willie. These days, it seems the instant a recognizable character becomes public domain, someone immediately turns them into a horror movie. Why is that, and what is it like behind the scenes? To get those answers, io9 spoke with Steven LaMorte. He’s the co-writer and […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/03/gizmodo-screamboats-director-breaks-down-the-ins-and-outs-of-public-domain-horror/

The OMG LOL Times: We have to talk about AI “art”. “Being a cheap imitation might be bad enough, but when you consider that it’s a cheap imitation built on mountains of unethically sourced material, running on an infrastructure that uses insane amounts of energy (and water!), it becomes even more concerning. Of course it’s easy to dismiss those concerns in the moment, when we just […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/02/the-omg-lol-times-we-have-to-talk-about-ai-art/