My latest for @QMJIP which is available to download for free in link - Page against the machine: the death of the author and the rise of the producer #LLM #Copyright #AI #Authorship #ArtandTechnology #LiteraryAI #Publishing #Amazon #LawProf #LawProfs #IntellectualProperty #IPLawProf #IPProf https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journals/qmjip/13/3/article-p275.xml
Page against the machine: the death of the author and the rise of the producer?

"Page against the machine: the death of the author and the rise of the producer?" published on 12 Oct 2023 by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

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Welcome to the Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property (QMJIP) - a fully peer-reviewed journal dedicated to international scholarship in IP, including interdisciplinary studies and theory. Edited by @ProfJohanna and published by Elgar Publishing in collaboration with Queen Mary, University of London #LawJournal #IntellectualProperty #IntellectualPropertyLaw #LawPublishing #FediLaw #LawFedi #LawProf #LawProfs #IPLawProf #IPLawProfs #introduction https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journals/qmjip/qmjip-overview.xml

Join me next week in conversation with BU law prof and literature scholar Jessica Silbey, about her brilliant book, AGAINST PROGRESS. Going to be fun

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-against-progress-tickets-616224994547

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Book Talk: Against Progress

Join journalist MARIA BUSTILLOS for a virtual book talk with author & professor of law JESSICA SILBEY for her latest book, AGAINST PROGRESS.

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Essay mills, ChatGPT … and textbooks too? Recently, Bolivia’s Ministry of Education released school textbooks with covers that appear to be similar to various well-known anime series #Art #ArtLaw #Copyright #Anime #LawProf #FediLaw #IPLawProf https://www.animesenpai.net/school-textbooks-found-plagiarizing-popular-anime-artwork/
School Textbooks Found Plagiarizing Popular Anime Artwork

It has been reported that the government-hired artist traced elements of anime art to create the textbook covers. Here are some instances where the textbook covers appear to borrow from popular anime:

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Bulldog spent most of #Caturday sitting on my desk book blocking #iamwriting #rescuecat #CatsofMastodon #Catstodon #Catodon #LawProf #IPLawProf #FediLaw
Lawsuit alleges GloRilla’s hit songs “Tomorrow” and “Tomorrow 2” use unlicensed samples from a ’90s hip-hop track by the group Dog House Posse, “Street of Westbank” #Music #MusicCopyright #Copyright #LawProf #IPLawProf https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/04/21/glorilla-copyright-lawsuit-tomorrow/
GloRilla Faces Massive Copyright Lawsuit Over 'Tomorrow'

Rising star GloRilla is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit over a snippet from a '90s rap song for which she allegedly did not pay.

Digital Music News
Rebekah Vardy, of the Coleen Rooney/Rebekah Vardy Instagram sting operation and subsequent defamation action, has registered 'Wagatha Christie' (as the whole affair was dubbed in the headlines) as a trade mark #IntellectualProperty #Trademark #TrademarkLaw #Defamation #Branding #IPLawProf #LawProf #FediLaw #LawFedi https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/obiter/wagatha-the-ip-sequel/5115798.article
Wagatha: the IP sequel?

Rebekah Vardy has registered the trade mark.

Law Gazette
What is this on my desk today? Apple seeds. Because every time I have an apple, all the dogs insist on a piece each, so I make sure all the seeds are out #WhatsOnMyDesk #AcademicsandDogs #LawProf #LawProfs #IPLawProf #IPLawProfs #AnimalLaw #FediLaw
#WhatsOnMyDesk today? Sunshine (been missing of late) and Bulldog the Cat #CatsofMastodon #Catstodon #Catodon #LawProf #LawProfs #IPLawProf #IPLawProfs