Writers, publishers warn Ninth Circuit of fallout from DMCA identicality requirement
( April 17, 2025, 19:29 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A group of associations representing publishers and writers wrote in an amicus brief that a so-called "identicality requirement" for Digital Millennium Copyright Act copyright management information claims is unfounded in the statute and undermines the congressional intent of the legislation. The brief comes in response to an interlocutory appeal after a California federal judge dismissed developers' claims that AI models reproduced their work.See the brief attached....
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