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Can You Copyright AI Images?

AI-generated images are not automatically protected by copyright. Protection depends on human authorship, creative input, and how the final image is created or modified.

May 04, 2026

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Pixels Movie DMCA Takedown Leaves Trail of Innocent Videos in Its Wake

Pixels is a new Adam Sandler “movie” that you almost certainly should not see. (Sample review snippet: “Pixels, it is clear even from afar, is the sort of vanity project that represents everything that is wrong with Hollywood.”)

August 25, 2015

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Soundexchange and the Ongoing, Hard-fought Battle to Pay Performers for Their Master Royalties

Let’s acknowledge this right off the top: we live in an age where a large contingent of the population has internalized the idea that music, songs, albums, etc., are fully “free.” Nobody likes to side with, say, the RIAA, while they’re filing lawsuits against 12 year olds with Limewire (or its more current equivalent).

July 22, 2015

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