The Effect of Fair Use on the Copyrighted Works Market

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If you're taking the original work, making a different version of it and selling into the same market, that first owner is going to lose market share. If you're competing with the original owner, that's also going to weigh against fair use. It took almost 11 years to get to the Supreme Court ruling where the Supreme Court ruled that Google's use of the Java API was fair use. In general, the AI. court systems are so mismatched. Like how can the court systems be relevant when the rate of change that's happening in the AI industry?

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Wilson Sonsini partner Adam Shevell joins Jason to discuss gaining access to datasets (1:10), fair use in copyright cases (6:29), and more!

Time stamps: (00:00) Wilson Sonsini partner Adam Shevell joins Jason (1:10) Gaining access to datasets, avoiding copyright infringement, and why IP is protected (6:29) The concept of fair use and when it applies (11:26) What new founders should pay attention to (14:59) The Github case (17:42) Proper strategy for getting permission (22:56) How startups get crushed with legal bills (23:32) The Andy Warhol supreme court case * Check out Wilson Sonsini: ⁠https://www.wsgr.com *

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