Oof.

Trump just lost a copyright lawsuit claiming ownership over his own recorded words in the Woodward interviews. Full story, up now on Copyright Lately:
copyrightlately.com/trump-loses-copyright-fight-over-woodward-interview-recordings/

I’m thrilled to share the (very surprising!) news that Copyright Lately has been chosen by the Library of Congress for its Legal Blawgs Web Archive. I’m so grateful for the honor to have the site preserved as part of this historic archive. Thank you to everyone who's read and supported the site!

Another interesting tidbit Jennifer shared with me last week: she and her team at Duke found a June 1931 comic strip where Popeye talks about eating spinach for the first time. They couldn't find a timely © renewal, so perhaps Popeye's "spinach superpower" is already in the PD?

And of course, @edleeprof.bsky.social has been keeping close tabs on all of the latest developments at chatgptiseatingtheworld.com

"Who's Suing Who?" @knibbs.bsky.social at @wired.com
has a new piece out today, with a scorecard featuring some handy visualizations of all of the pending AI copyright lawsuits:

I probably should have been more clear. "Order" as in the court's Order, not "Hey, order the guitar." Although I guess if you want to shell out $10k for this baby, who am I to stop you?

BREAKING: Donald Trump has just settled the "Electric Avenue" copyright lawsuit with Eddy Grant following Grant's September summary judgment win. Terms are confidential, so unclear whether the new Trump-branded electric guitar is part of the deal. Order here:
copyrightlately.com/pdfviewer/gr...

Update to my post from a few days ago: 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐯. 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 that was scheduled to start tomorrow.

“What, Me Worry?”
copyrightlately.com/public-domai...

“And this is the snack holder where I can put my beverage, or, if you will, cupcake.”

From an episode with countless quotable lines, I still find myself quoting this decades later. (I call this one bitey” is a close second.)