copyright

So far the EU has sent over 30 requests for information -- a preliminary step that can lead to investigations -- to companies on issues from copyright to cybersecurity and safety.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

"In many countries copyright and data protection laws are not being adequately adapted" to protect performers from AI clones, the International Federation of Actors said last year.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

And in December 2025, Europe's highest court ruled everyday commercial products can hold copyright if they represent creative design choices, a decision which Birkenstock said was relevant to its "iconic" sandals.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Michelle Lewis, a songwriter and the co-founder and chief executive of the nonprofit Songwriters of North America, said the composition side of that copyright split is often the harder one to defend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

In exchange for a low salary, he negotiated with John Houseman and Orson Welles to give him the copyright of any scripts he wrote.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

Siebel Newsom leads the Representation Project, a nonprofit that advocates for gender equity through film and education programs, and Girls Club Entertainment, a for-profit production company she owns that holds the copyrights to her documentaries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Trademarks, unlike copyrights or patents, are intellectual property that are not premised on creating value for whoever registers them; they’re about protecting consumers.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Disney’s letter accused Google of “infringing Disney’s copyrights on a massive scale.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

The deal comes amid reports Disney lawyers sent Google a cease-and-desist letter on Wednesday accusing the tech firm of infringing its copyrights "on a massive scale".

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025

Just for fun, I can give it to Father on his birthday, together with all the copyrights.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

The Times' lawsuit partly hinges on the limited "fair use" exception, which permits copyrighted work to be used without the rights holders' consent.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

The Justice Department’s letter spells out the government’s position that the use of copyrighted materials to train AI models doesn’t violate copyright law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

BBC Newsbeat has obtained the filings, first reported by video game website Kotaku, external, demanding Microsoft-owned site GitHub and chat app Discord turn over the user details of accounts thought to be sharing "copyrighted material".

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Suno has not said whether users will be able to press tracks that resemble copyrighted work, what rights users hold in the records they order, or whether the company takes a cut.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

It was copyrighted 1972 by the Esso company.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

The nonprofit recently trademarked its name and is in the process of copyrighting its livestream.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026

This idea of thin copyright, and the idea that you might be copyrighting the curation of all of these different elements together.

From The Verge ● Sep. 15, 2021

Senior manager of LHI Sonia Mora said the county is in the process of copyrighting Abuelina and her family members to ensure they are not used for commercial purposes.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2021

Some counterfeiters are going as far as to claim Orwell’s classics as their own property, copyrighting them with their own names.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2019

When a print is copyrighted it is unalterably the property of the person first copyrighting it until he signs "Transference of Copyright."

From Making Your Camera Pay by Frederick C. Davis