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Kirk was interviewed regarding Taylor Swift's trademarking of her voice and image to fight AI "deepfakes."
The amicus brief in Upper Deck v. Milton focuses on whether creative selection/arrangement of game mechanics could be copyrightable.
Kirk Sigmon was recently quoted by NTD regarding Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster's copyright and trademark lawsuit against Perplexity AI.
Kirk Sigmon was recently quoted in California’s CEB (Continuing Education of the Bar) article, The Future of Fair Use: Will LLMs Have to Pay to Train on Copyrighted Works? This article shares insight on recent rulings from cases involving Anthropic and Meta AI. In the article, Kirk states that he views the rulings as a […]
Kirk spoke with WWD and Sourcing Journal regarding fashion, AI, and copyright.
Kirk Sigmon sat down with the Cardozo Law Review Podcast, “Pod Curiam,” to discuss how recent developments in video game emulation and so-called “decompilations” affect copyright law. Kirk’s talk relates to his upcoming law review article, “Nerds v. Nintendo: Video Game Decompilations versus Rights-Holder Interests,” which will be published in Volume 45 of the Cardozo […]
Founding Partner Ross Dannenberg was quoted in a May 7 Bloomberg Law article on a recent court ruling over copyright claims related to Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” series. The claims, according to the article, came from former Seinfeld collaborator Christian Charles who alleged he owned copyrights to the show. The U.S. Court […]
Scott M. Kelly and Kirk A. Sigmon are the authors of a paper on data ownership, eSports, copyright, and data rights: The key to key presses: eSports game input streaming and copyright protection, published in the first Interactive Entertainment Law Review. it is available for free on the IELR website. Abstract The eSports industry has […]
*Please note this article was published in the May 2009 issue of Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal* DMCA Copyright Protections: Uniquely American or Common & Uniform Abroad? By Ross Dannenberg and David R. Gerk
This paper explores a theoretical method to challenge copyright law using massive, algorithmically generated content. The “brute-force approach” involves creating every possible permutation of a specific type of content, such as a basic melody, to argue that independent creation of existing works is not only possible but inevitable.
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