US Copyright Office Gets It Right (Again): AI-Generated Works Do Not Get A Copyright Monopoly

For years, throughout the entire monkey selfie lawsuit saga, we kept noting that the real reason a prestigious law firm like Irell & Manella filed such a patently bogus lawsuit was to position itself to be the go-to law firm to argue for...

Robots Have No Place Filtering Creative Content, EFF Tells U.S. Copyright Office

Software robots should not be deciding whether your creative content, whether written words, videos, photos, or music, ought to be pulled off the internet.That’s what we told the U.S. Copyright office in comments we filed February 8 arguing...

Tell the Copyright Office Who Is Really Affected by Filters

Right now, the U.S. Copyright Office is collecting information on the use of "standard technical measures" to address copyright infringement, as part of a longer effort that, we fear, will lead to filtering mandates.The Copyright Office is also...

Joe Ortiz (@joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)

The US Copyright Office is inviting comments on whether to introduce a requirement that all online services must filter all communications by users accused of copyright infringement. This has major implications for not only censorship but it...