In the biggest all-out assault on intellectual property rights since the “America Invents Act,” the so-called “Generative AI” industry is manipulating language to alter social perceptions of right and wrong, and they have copyrights in their crosshairs.

By exempting government surveillance from its new controls, the EU has created a “foreground AI” vs “background AI” dichotomy — and claimed the latter for itself.

Putting the brakes on public deployment of its voice synthesis AI, OpenAI missed an easy opportunity to take the high road. Rather than remind its audience that unauthorized voice impersonation violates personal property rights, OpenAI calls for “dialogue on the responsible deployment of synthetic voices, and how society can adapt to these new capabilities.“

Here’s a taste of the sources and types of support rallied in defense of copyrights against The Internet Archive’s unauthorized scanning and distribution:

New Law Adds“Voice” to “Name, Image, and Likeness” Property Rights

G-Men Propose to Open a Gate into the Automakers’ Walled Garden — in the Name of a “Right to Repair”

The EU AI Act lists certain AI systems as categorically “High Risk.” Generally, these systems involve mechanical safety or basic civil rights. Glaring exclusions from the list appear to include AI systems in the pharmaceutical and financial market sectors.

The EU’s new AI Act gives the Union sweeping powers to regulate AI-based systems. AI-based Social Media platforms used for manipulating behavior and social-scoring are clearly in the EU’s crosshairs. While they’re at it, the EU paves the way for broad use by government of Biometric ID Systems in public.

Copyright infringement by AI systems is a hot topic with new articles and law suits appearing regularly. But what does ChatGPT have to say for itself?

The folks at the Library of Congress have created a fantastic short video — for students and practitioners alike — explaining the roots of copyright protection, and the history of how copyrights have expanded to protect authors in the United States.

Spatial audio technology is clearly extremely valuable, since Apple is disrupting the prevailing digital music royalty model to divert huge dollars to artists whose tracks are produced with spatial audio.

Spatial Audio is fast becoming a “must-have” for new releases, and content mastered with the technology fetches a huge increase in royalties for artists.