Super excited to see my paper with artist Travis De Vries published online in @law_humanities. Our paper is part of the forthcoming creative responses to justice problems issue. You can read it here: doi.org/10.1080/17521483.202…

Exhibition now on: 'Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict', Imperial War Museum @I_W_M , London (until Nov 2025). Anyone interested in reviewing this for @law_humanities should contact @drelena_cooper by email. tinyurl.com/4wtjay4d

The Getty v Stability UK trial starts today, exciting times! A lot of the trial will rest on whether the training of the Stability models took place in the UK, which was an important part of why the judge almost threw out the case back in late 2023. technollama.co.uk/high-court…

New issue out now, articles from @jrhgreenwood @lawsadrag, @SteveIsInOtago, William P. MacNeil, Anna Muś, and editorial from @DavidGurnham @drelena_cooper & Matteo Nicolini, with news of our @ExeterLawSchool event Jane Austen's Legal World @ProfProbert tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

🎨🧠 Yesterday, we were delighted to welcome Dr Marie Hadley (@DrMarie_IP) from the University of Newcastle, Australia, for an engaging session with our early career researchers across disciplines. Marie generously shared her experiences navigating artistic–academic collaborations and offered valuable lessons from the field. It was an inspiring, fourth-wall-breaking conversation and full of practical insights on how to build and manage creative research relationships. Thank you, Marie! 👏

Published today: CREATe Response to the UK AI Consultation zenodo.org/records/14931964

📢 Job Alert! The University of Glasgow is hiring a Lecturer in Competition Law (Research & Teaching). Join a vibrant team, teach innovative courses, and contribute to world-class research with CREATe. Salary: £40,247–£56,921 per annum. Closing: 24 Feb 2025. 🧵1/2

A jury sided with Apple, M. Night Shyamalan, and others in the "Servant" copyright trial, finding they lacked access to Francesca Gregorini’s indie film "The Truth About Emanuel." No access = no copying = no infringement. Full story on Copyright Lately! copyrightlately.com/jury-cle…

The Vatican has recently released its AI Guidelines, also touching upon copyright-relevant aspects. The most interesting bit? The Vatican shall be deemed to be the author of and shall own AI-generated outputs within the borders of the Vatican City State ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/0…

On the same day last week, two Southern District of New York judges issued copyright rulings with sharply different results, fueling one big embedding debate. What does it mean for content creators and publishers? Full story now on Copyright Lately: copyrightlately.com/sdny-soc…

#Copyright ~ if you were busy over New Year's & missed this blog about the bad and worst copyright rulings by courts during 2024, then you're welcome -- @copyrightlately copyrightlately.com/the-5-wo…

"Music Publishers Reach Deal With AI Giant Anthropic Over Copyrighted Song Lyrics". This isn't a full settlement, but perhaps a sign of things to come. My guess is that we could see quite a few cases being settled in 2025. hollywoodreporter.com/busine…

"Who's Suing Who?" - @Knibbs at @WIRED has a new piece out today, with a scorecard featuring some handy visualizations of all of the pending AI copyright lawsuits:

New Report by our colleagues @Kris_academic and Felix Rodriguez Perez which explore how Technological Protection Measures (TPMs) delay the preservation of historical video games, creating significant challenges for education, research, and cultural heritage 🤖

Battle of the Beige: As two influencers duke it out in court over allegations of copying a minimalist aesthetic on social media, broader questions emerge about creativity, commerce, and copyright. My take, up now on Copyright Lately! copyrightlately.com/social-m…

Raygun’s claim against a parody musical likely won’t stand up: here's what the law says @DrMarie_IP @Uni_Newcastle @Deakin @westernsydneyu theconversation.com/rayguns-…

Does it get any better than intellectual property law, Raygun, and a collaboration with @DrSarahHook and @DrV_Huang? I think not! Read our take on the strength of Raygun's IP claims against comedian Steph Broadbridge's Raygun: The Musical here theconversation.com/rayguns-…

The real story here is the lost argument to have ‘trade marks’ appear as two words. Appeals to the Constitution, the vibe and even the Act were not enough! Lovely working with @DrMarie_IP & @DrV_Huang for this piece: theconversation.com/rayguns-…