Can you use a celebrity’s voice or image in your work? What about AI-generated versions? On this episode of The Briefing, Scott Hervey and Richard Buckley explore the right of publicity—how it protects names, likenesses, voices, and what happens when you cross the line.Continue Reading The Briefing: Publicity Rights and the Law – Using Real People in Your Work
Copyright Law
The Briefing: Who Owns What – Understanding Copyright in Collaborative Projects
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Who owns the rights when you co-create something? It’s not always as simple as you think. On this episode of The Briefing, Scott Hervey and Richard Buckley dig into:Continue Reading The Briefing: Who Owns What – Understanding Copyright in Collaborative Projects
The Briefing: The Wrong Argument – Why Authors Lost Against Meta and What Comes Next
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In a major win for Meta, a federal court recently dismissed a lawsuit brought by prominent authors who claimed their books were illegally used to train the company’s Llama models. But the ruling doesn’t give AI companies a free pass—it reveals the roadmap for how a better-prepared copyright plaintiff could win next time.Continue Reading The Briefing: The Wrong Argument – Why Authors Lost Against Meta and What Comes Next
The Briefing: Anthropic, Copyright, and the Fair Use Divide
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A federal judge has ruled that training Claude AI on copyrighted books—even without a license—was transformative and protected under fair use. But storing millions of pirated books in a permanent internal library? That crossed the line.Continue Reading The Briefing: Anthropic, Copyright, and the Fair Use Divide
The Briefing: The Supreme Court Dodges the Discovery Rule Question—What That Means for Copyright Enforcement
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The Supreme Court sidestepped a major copyright showdown—again. What does it mean when infringement claims surface decades later? In this episode of The Briefing, Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler break down the latest in the discovery rule debate, RAD Design’s rejected petition, and how this uncertainty affects creators, businesses, and copyright holders across the country.Continue Reading The Briefing: The Supreme Court Dodges the Discovery Rule Question—What That Means for Copyright Enforcement