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Elon Musk's xAI used clips from 'Hellboy II' to train workers for its video AI project Elon Musk's xAI used movies as part of training project for Grok, workers said. It raises complex copyright questions.

“At every stage of the process—downloading data, storing data, filtering, then with outputs, at every stage there is possible infringement. The question is if they’re doing it for the machine to learn or to generate outputs."

—Research Fellow Matt Blaszczyk

www.businessinsider.com/grok-workers...

Many thanks for the "Highly recommended" @lsolum.bsky.social.

And in the meantime, for those looking, the Web Archive works well for this.

More generally, I think institutional lectures in the UK aren’t easy to find, and people miss out on some great material.

The nice thing about them is that – if the links work – at least they’re not behind a paywall.

If no one has noticed this yet, the PDF links to the Inner Temple lecture archive don't work. E.g., www.innertemple.org.uk/education/ed.... Which is a shame, as many of these were excellent.

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Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.

Glad you liked the piece!

Confronting Empty Humanism in AI Policy | TechPolicy.Press Overtly humanist, democratic, and romantic rhetoric is easily co-opted by sophisticated market players and politicians, writes Matt Blaszczyk.

Pointing out illiberal and anti-human rhetoric and myth-busting AI hype is important. But humanist rhetoric around AI is also weaponized, and digging into politicians and corporations that use it to defend the status quo is crucial, writes @mmblaszczyk.bsky.social.

Confronting Empty Humanism in AI Policy | TechPolicy.Press Overtly humanist, democratic, and romantic rhetoric is easily co-opted by sophisticated market players and politicians, writes Matt Blaszczyk.

Pointing out illiberal and anti-human rhetoric and myth-busting AI hype is important. But humanist rhetoric around AI is also weaponized, and digging into politicians and corporations that use it to defend the status quo is crucial, writes Matt Blaszczyk. www.techpolicy.press/confronting-...

Confronting Empty Humanism in AI Policy | TechPolicy.Press Overtly humanist, democratic, and romantic rhetoric is easily co-opted by sophisticated market players and politicians, writes Matt Blaszczyk.

Here's my short essay on the rhetoric of humanism in AI policy for @techpolicypress.bsky.social

www.techpolicy.press/confronting-...

Yesterday, I filed an amicus brief with @brianlfrye.bsky.social and Matt Blaszczyk in support of ROSS Intelligence. Thank you to my Research Assistants Matthew Bedell and Kerry Smith (@kerry95.bsky.social) for all of their research support for this project. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I just filed an amicus brief in TR v. ROSS, co-authored with @jmiers230.bsky.social & @mmblaszczyk.bsky.social. Many thanks to Carlton Fields for representing us! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Anyway – hope this was helpful. Good luck & thanks for reading.

In many European jurisdictions, while there may be no "work for hire," the law nonetheless implies a transfer of copyright from the employee to the employer into the employment agreement. E.g., Spain. Netherlands go even further. E.g., in software, the EU directive allocates rights to the employer.

Regarding Europe, unfortunately, the story is not quite as simple or romantic as you think. For a short overview, see, e.g., pp. 576-79 here: cardozoaelj.com/wp-content/u.... See also pages attached below.

Trevor – congratulations. I don't know your story but let's put it like this: sometimes you may even sue a big corporation for breach of contract and win. Doesn't mean the system is geared towards that outcome.

Many thanks to @lsolum.bsky.social for recommending my article! It's my job talk paper. The draft is available here: ssrn.com/abstract=537...

"Posthuman Copyright: AI, Copyright, and Legitimacy" is out!

Delighted to share the draft of my job talk paper: ssrn.com/abstract=537...

@umichlaw.bsky.social #IP #Copyright

Blaszczyk on Posthuman Copyright, buff.ly/N8j5VIz - Matt Blaszczyk (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Posthuman Copyright: AI, Copyright, and Legitimacy on SSRN.

Happy to share that the final version of my article Copyright Doctrine Before the Tribunal of Science: A Response to Professor Silbey is out: ssrn.com/abstract=506...

@umichlaw.bsky.social #copyright #IP

Thanks for coming!

@umichlaw.bsky.social @jpquintais.bsky.social @brianlfrye.bsky.social @zvirosen.bsky.social @alinatrapova.bsky.social

Thaler v. Perlmutter: Human Authors at the Center of Copyright? - Kluwer Copyright Blog On March 18, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the denial of Stephen Thaler’s application to register A Recent Entrance to Paradise, a purportedly ...

My comment on Thaler v. Perlmutter for #KluwerCopyrightBlog is out. A longer law review paper on AI & authorship coming soon.

copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/04/08/t...

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The University of Michigan Law School is pleased to announce the appointment of Neel U. Sukhatme as the David A. Breach Dean of Law and Professor of Law.

michigan.law.umich.edu/news/neel-su...

🚀 Fresh on CiteLaw – "Artificial Inventors? The Case for Keeping Humans at the Center of Patent Law" by Matt Blaszczyk, U. Mich.

A 🔥🔥🔥 new article on artificial intelligence and IP law ⚖️

Can AI be an inventor? 🤖

Join the conversation directly @ citelaw.org/trails/docum...

Blaszczyk on Sibley on Copyright and Facts, https://buff.ly/3Esuqb6 - Matt Blaszczyk (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Copyright Doctrine Before the Tribunal of Science: A Response to Professor Silbey (Journal of the Copyright Society) on SSRN.

O prawie i zwierzętach. filozofia ochrony zwierząt Bronisława Łozińskiego W toczonej na przełomie XIX i XX w. wielkiej debacie na temat statusu etycznego i prawnego zwierząt wzięli udział również polscy filozofowie i prawnicy. Jednym z nich był Bronisław Łoziński, który w 1...

Już w 1895 r. Bronisław Łoziński rozpatrywał możliwość przyznania praw zwierzętom pozaludzkim. Z pozycji konserwatywnych i chrześcijańskich odrzucił jednak tę możliwość, choć podkreślał konieczność ochrony. Link do mojego artykułu na ten temat: www.academia.edu/126148095/O_...

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Highly recommend this paper from @mmblaszczyk.bsky.social