🦔AI companies are bulk-buying rare books, scanning them through high-speed machines that cut the spines off, and shredding the originals. A service called ISBNdb facilitates orders of up to a million books and keeps buyers anonymous. Pre-2022 books are premium because they're free of AI-generated text. A federal judge ruled the practice is fair use because eliminating the original means only one c...

A blogger successfully defeated a copyright claim from a photographer regarding the "Parker Train Photo," taken in 1962 and published in 2000. The photographer claimed to license the photo for fine art reproductions at a rate of up to $5,000 each.

The US Supreme Court has declined to review a ruling that prohibits copyright protection for AI-generated art. This decision follows an appeal by computer scientist Stephen Thaler regarding the copyright status of art created by artificial intelligence.

AI has not violated copyright law but has highlighted the existing weaknesses in enforcement. Unauthorized derivative works, such as personal creations, often go unpunished in practice, especially in noncommercial contexts.