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Who owns the 'brain rot' meme? A copyright puzzle
Original: Who owns ‘brain rot’?: inside the international legal drama over a beloved meme By Kari Paul Copyright law in the US onl
Kari Paul reports in the Guardian on an emerging international legal dispute over who owns the 'brain rot' meme, a term named Oxford's word of the year and attached to viral AI-generated characters such as Tung Tung Tung Sahur. Because US copyright law protects only human-made creations, AI-generated meme characters raise unresolved questions about ownership, authorship and who can profit from them commercially.
Why now: AI-generated characters are testing whether copyright law, which only protects human-made works, can apply to viral memes.
Kari PaulThe GuardianTung Tung Tung Sahur
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- Who owns ‘brain rot’?: inside the international legal drama over a beloved meme By Kari Paul Copyright law in the US only applies to human-made creations, but AI characters like Tung Tung Tung Sahur are challenging that https://www. theguardian.com/technology/202… · guardianfeeds@rssfeed.media
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