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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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Pastry Chef Sues Food Network Over Recipe How-to Video

LaBau, who owns the copyright registration for her snow globe cupcake how-to video, is asking the court to temporarily, preliminarily and permanently enjoin Food Network from displaying the video on their Facebook page.

June 13, 2017

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Judge Allows Video Game Maker’s Declaratory Judgment Counterclaim on Issue of Displaying Copyrighted Tattoos in Games to Proceed

Last February, Solid Oak Sketches sued Take-Two for copyright infringement for featuring Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, DeAndre Jordan, Kenyon Martin, and Eric Bledsoe with tattoo designs that the agency claimed to own, in the game franchise NBA 2K.

June 06, 2017

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Lawsuit Brought Against Conan O’Brien For Allegedly Stolen Jokes Allowed to Move Forward

On May 12th, a federal judge for the Southern District of California denied in part comedian and late night talk show host Conan O’Brien’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit from Robert Alexander Kaseberg.

May 30, 2017

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RIAA Sues Internet Service Provider Grande Communications For Not Acting on Customer Copyright Infringement

RIAA has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Grande Communications due to Grande Communications not taking “meaningful action against repeat infringers,” customers who repeatedly download music illegally using BitTorrent.

May 09, 2017

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Heirs of Comedy Duo Abbott and Costello Ask Supreme Court to Hear Case

According to the petition, Abbott and Costello first began performing the sketch on the radio in the late 1930s, but under copyright law, performances do not count as publication.

May 02, 2017

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Andy Warhol’s Foundation Sues Photographer to Protect Late Artist’s Reputation and Legacy

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has filed a lawsuit against photographer Lynn Goldsmith, following Goldsmith’s warnings that she would sue over alleged copying of a photo she took of musician Prince.

April 18, 2017

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