Month: October 2022

Copyright in AI-Generated Artwork

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Susan J. Lutzker
Copyright Law + Entertainment, Culture and the Arts + Internet and Social Media + Privacy, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

The copyright status of AI-generated art is in turmoil to say the least. The U.S. Copyright Office has repeatedly refused to register a two-dimensional work by computer scientist Stephen Thaler called “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” most recently in February 2022 when its Review Board denied a second request for reconsideration by Thaler. In his […]

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EU Court Decision Invalidating Privacy Shield Results in Massive Confusion for U.S. Businesses: Second Addendum

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Susan J. Lutzker
Privacy, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

This post is an update. Read the original post here, first addendum here and the third addendum here. On October 7, 2022 President Biden issued an Executive Order strengthening safeguards to U.S. activities involving signals intelligence (that is, intelligence derived from electronic signals and systems). Signals intelligence is at the heart of the controversy surrounding the […]

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Museums and Questions of Donor Morality: The Sackler Case: Addendum

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Susan J. Lutzker
Entertainment, Culture and the Arts

We have written about recent large-scale removal of the Sackler name from museums in the United States and the United Kingdom. These actions followed persistent demands by artists for museums to disassociate the institutions from the owners of Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, which was blamed for fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic.  The most […]

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