AI Deepfakes and Copyright Law: Key Risks Explained

AI deepfakes raise urgent copyright risks. Learn key legal challenges, enforcement issues, and proposed solutions from the U.S. Copyright Office.

Google Sued Over Alleged Use Of Copyrighted Music To Train Lyria 3 AI

CHICAGO (CelebrityAccess) — Google is facing a lawsuit from independent musicians who claim the company used copyrighted recordings without permission to train its Lyria 3 artificial intelligence...

Ricky Martin Must Face Revived Song Contest Copyright Suit Again

Ricky Martin again has to face claims he copied a music video entered into a contest ahead of the 2014 World Cup as the First Circuit found the decade-old claims were dismissed too hastily.

“So common that it is depicted as a generic electric guitar in a dictionary”: When Fender went to...

In 2009, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board denied trademark protections to the Strat, Tele and P-Bass. How did it arrive at its judgement? And what’s different this time?

House Passes Bill to Let President Name Copyright Head (Correct)

The House passed a bill Monday that would largely divorce the Copyright Office from the Library of Congress, one step closer to granting the president the ability to appoint and fire the register of...

YouTube releases transparency report: 2.5 billion copyright infringement reports projected for 2025.

YouTube has released its 2025 transparency report on copyright infringement claims. According to the report, the number of claims is increasing year by year, and is projected to reach 2,502,941,368...

US investigates Vietnam's intellectual property practices

The Trump administration on Friday opened an unfair trade practices investigation into Vietnam's intellectual property protection policies and enforcement that may ​lead to new tariffs or other trade...

CNN Sues AI Firm Perplexity For Copyright Infringement

CNN is the latest media company to sue AI firm Perplexity for allegedly unlawful copying and distribution of copyrighted content.

Drag queen Pattie Gonia fights trademark lawsuit by Patagonia

The outdoor apparel firm says the performer broke an agreement not to use its branding in merchandise.

After Stephen Colbert's viral talk show parody, CBS backs down from copyright action

CBS and Paramount backed away from copyright challenges to limit distribution of Stephen Colbert's appearance on a Michigan cable access show. He ended his run as host of "The Late Show" on Thursday.

Can you own a voice? Taylor Swift’s latest legal move raises big questions for AI and copyright

Swift appears to be the first musician to take this step.

"Peanuts" music owner sues U.S. government, 3 companies over use of iconic songs

Lee Mendelson Film Productions alleges the U.S. Department of the Interior illegally used the jazzy tunes in social media posts and a video game.

Deepfakes are testing the limits of IP law