#Copyright Law

Articles (10)

• 🇬🇧 Plans to let AI firms use music without permission abandoned by government — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The UK government has scrapped plans to introduce copyright law exceptions which would allow AI firms to use the work of songwriters without their permission.

  Related: #AI Regulation
• 🇬🇧 Government backtracks on AI and copyright after outcry from major artists — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  However, the government's position is now unclear, saying it "no longer has a preferred option" for what to do next.

  Related: #AI Regulation
• 🇺🇸 Senators tell ByteDance to close Seedance AI tool, citing 'glaring' copyright concerns — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  A bipartisan Senate duo wants ByteDance to shut down its Seedance artificial intelligence tool, calling it a "glaring example" of copyright infringement that was launched without regard for U.S. law.

  Related: #AI Regulation
• 🇺🇸 Encyclopedia Britannica is suing OpenAI for allegedly ‘memorizing’ its content with ChatGPT — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  On Friday, Encyclopedia Britannica and dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging that it used their copyrighted content to train its AI, then generated responses tha...

  Related: #AI Training
• 🇺🇸 ByteDance puts video AI launch on hold after copyright disputes – The Information — 14/03/2026 [USA] Related: #AI Ethics
• 🇺🇸 A writer is suing Grammarly for turning her and other authors into ‘AI editors’ without consent — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  Journalist Julia Angwin is leading a class action lawsuit against Grammarly for violating her privacy and publicity rights.

  Related: #AI Ethics
• 🇺🇸 Bad Bunny Wins ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ Copyright Case After Producer Abandons Lawsuit — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  The Nigerian producer Dera claimed Bad Bunny's "Enséñame a Bailar" sampled and interpolated his 2019 track "Empty My Pocket" without proper permission

  Related: #Music Industry
• 🇺🇸 UK to delay AI copyright rule changes after creative industry pushback - report — 06/03/2026 [USA] Related: #AI Regulation
• 🇺🇸 Russian skater Petr Gumennik becomes latest Olympian to change music due to copyright issues — 08/02/2026 [USA]

  Russian figure skater Petr Gumennik has been forced to change his short program music just two days before the men's competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics

  Related: #Sports, #Olympics
• 🇺🇸 Spanish skater given Minions music permission — 06/02/2026 [USA]

  After days of legal wrangling and online outcry, the Minion - Spanish figure skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate - will skate in Milan after all.

  Related: #Sports, #Entertainment