Jonathan BaileyThe Copyright Claims Board recently ruled on a case involving two hobo snails. It's a silly case that features a lot of bad feelings and tough questions.
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/03/10/copyright-and-the-case-of-the-hobo-snails/
Strypey@gwilymgj
> Attribution please
"... the outputs of generative AI can be protected by copyright only where a human author has determined sufficient expressive elements. This can include situations where a human-authored work is perceptible in an AI output, or a human makes creative arrangements or modifications of the output, but not the mere provision of prompts."
#USCopyrightOffice, Jan 2025
IndieAuthors.Social NewsNews Summary: Judge Gives Preliminary Approval to Anthropic Settlement Covering 482,000 Books
As promised, here is an update on yesterday’s hearing in the Anthropic case. This is very much breaking and emerging news.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/news-anthropic-settlement/
#Anthropicsettlement #classactionlawsuit #rightsholders #USCopyrightOffice
ALLi Blog (unofficial)News Summary: Judge Gives Preliminary Approval to Anthropic Settlement Covering 482,000 Books https://selfpublishingadvice.org/news-anthropic-settlement/ #Anthropicsettlement #classactionlawsuit #USCopyrightOffice #rightsholders #News
Appeals Court reinstates Register of Copyrights, pirate site shut down in Moldova and Canadian publishers clash with OpenAI.
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/11/3-count-reinstatement/
StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎A federal appeals court has reinstated #ShiraPerlmutter as #USCopyrightOffice director after ruling Trump likely had NO authority to fire her. The decision protects #CongressionalIndependence and blocks #PresidentialOverreach tied to her #AIcopyrightreport.
youtu.be/XtGncom4PD4?...
Trump BLOCKED Again as CONGRES...
Trump BLOCKED Again as CONGRES...
Trump BLOCKED Again as CONGRESS Takeover FAILS
News Summary: Judge Rejects $3000 Per Title Settlement Figure in Anthropic Case https://selfpublishingadvice.org/anthropic-copyright-settlement/ #copyrightinfringement #Anthropicsettlement #USCopyrightOffice #AuthorsGuild #000perbook #FairUse #News #$3
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseArs Technica: In a wild time for copyright law, the US Copyright Office has no leader. “In May, Copyright Register Shira Perlmutter was abruptly fired by email by the White House’s deputy director of personnel. Perlmutter is now suing the Trump administration, alleging that her firing was invalid; the government maintains that the executive branch has the authority to dismiss her. As the […]
dissent.digitalTrump removes Copyright Office director, following earlier Librarian of Congress firing, raising questions on federal appointments. #USCopyrightOffice #Government #Meta
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fires-director-of-u-s-copyright-office-shira-perlmutter-sources/
Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, sources say
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter was appointed to the post by now former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who herself was fired by President Trump earlier this week.
N-gated Hacker News🚫🎶 In the grand tradition of bureaucracy, the US Copyright Office has decided leadership is overrated. Who needs a captain when the ship's already sinking? ⏳💼
https://www.wired.com/story/us-copyright-office-chaos-doge/ #CopyrightBureaucracy #LeadershipMatters #USCopyrightOffice #SinkingShip #CreativeControl #HackerNews #ngated
https://www.wired.com/story/us-copyright-office-chaos-doge/ #CopyrightBureaucracy #LeadershipMatters #USCopyrightOffice #SinkingShip #CreativeControl #HackerNews #ngated
