Protecting Your Artistic Rights – Artificial Intelligence: ***The Robots are ComingWhat: FREE webinar open to ALL on Artificial IntelligenceWhen: Thursday, June 6th at 8pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/ 5pm PTWho: Jodé MillmanHow: To obtain Zoom link for event, you MUST preregister at: https://www.sistersincrime.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1853880&group=Event description: With the speed of light, Artificial Intelligence seems to be…
Read MoreFREE WEBINAR – Writers & AI – Protecting your rights
Protecting Your Artistic Rights – Artificial Intelligence: ***The Robots are ComingWhat: FREE webinar open to ALL on Artificial IntelligenceWhen: Thursday, June 6th at 8pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/ 5pm PTWho: Jodé MillmanHow: To obtain Zoom link for event, you MUST preregister at: https://www.sistersincrime.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1853880&group=Event description: With the speed of light,…
Read MoreWelcome to the Wild West: Keeping up with AI
Everyday the news is filled with articles about AI. The courts are filled with litigation testing the limits of Open AI to harvest and generate material without the writer’s permission, and the Copyright Office is establishing guidelines to determine the limits of protection for works that incorporate AI. It’s…
Read MoreWRITERS LAW SCHOOL 2024 SCHEDULE
Join me for the latest installment of The Writers Law School – “Writers & AI – The Robots are Coming!” With the speed of light, artificial intelligence seems to be taking over the world. In particular, the art and literary worlds are facing the most dramatic transformation since the Guttenberg press with innovative programs like…
Read MoreAuthors Guild AI Best Practices for Authors
Here is the link to the article citing the AI Best Practices for Authors created by The Authors Guild to assist writing, what disclosures are needed by publishers and readers if AI is used, responding to AI-generated competing works, etc.
Read MoreAuthors Guild Model Clause to prevent use of work for AI
Here’s the language suggested by the Authors Guild to be included on the title page of your work as a Notice to the AI companies that they are prohibiting from harvesting your work or generating material therefrom. No Generative AI Training Use. For avoidance of doubt, Author reserves the rights, and [Publisher/Platform] has no rights…
Read MoreFive Easy Steps to Protect Writers Against AI
Since it’s been in the news on a daily basis, let’s talk about Artificial Intelligence. We all know that AI can mine your work to train it’s algorithms and then use your work to generate similar content. It can be either our friend or foe when it comes to protecting the copyrights in our work.…
Read MoreCopyright 101- Catching the Bug
What the heck is © and what does it mean?We see the symbol everywhere, on paintings, photographs, movie credit trailers, magazines, CDs, and even on the Rights pages of books. Well, that little copyright bug represents a powerful tool in the writer’s arsenal. This symbol protects you, you heirs and your work from theft and…
Read MoreOh, Pooh! What do we do now?
On January 1st of each year, a new crop of artistic works, such as movies, books, poems and music, enter the Public Domain. This means that anyone can use the material contained within the public domain work without having to obtain permission of the copyright owner or pay a royalty, because the copyright has expired.…
Read MoreA Call to Arms Against Banned Books
As a lawyer, who is also a writer and creator of The Writer’s Law School, I sometimes believe my superpower lies in spotlighting legal issues that simmer beneath the surface. For instance, underneath the proliferation of book banning sweeping throughout the country is the threat to one of the most esteemed amendments of the U.S.…
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