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  • AI Comic Art Gets Copyright Revoked After Office Learns How AI Works

    AI Comic Art Gets Copyright Revoked After Office Learns How AI Works

    The U.S. Copyright Office turned away an AI-generated piece of work last February, citing a prerequisite of human authorship. That hasn’t prevented AI enthusiasts from trying to legitimise glorified art theft. Last year, one creator tried to register a comic book with images that they generated in the AI tool Midjourney. Yesterday, that creator finally…


  • Another Music YouTuber Cops Over 500 Copyright Blocks From Nintendo

    Another Music YouTuber Cops Over 500 Copyright Blocks From Nintendo

    By now, I’m sure we’ve heard the unfortunate tale of GilvaSunner, the YouTube channel that was for hosting many, many, many Nintendo game soundtracks. To summarise that sad tale for the newcomers: Nintendo issued around 3500 copyright blocks against GilvaSunner’s channel in total (starting with over 1300 blocks, and following with another approximately 2200 after). Despite…


  • What Is The Twitch TV Show Meta And Why Is It A Problem?

    What Is The Twitch TV Show Meta And Why Is It A Problem?

    Twitch streamers, much like other content creators, follow trends. These trends are referred to as ‘metas’. ‘Meta’ is a contraction of the term ‘metagaming,’ the practice of transcending the prescribed rules of a given game or using external factors to manipulate it. In the case of Twitch, and other algorithm-driven video platforms, creators will attempt…