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Megan McKean said the business used generative AI to create a new mural, which still bears similarities to her original work.

Yoghurt store mural of Brisbane skyline at centre of AI art legal dispute

An illustrator claims one of her original works was used as a mural in the frozen yoghurt shop without her permission, before being replaced with an AI version.

  • Courtney Kruk

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Stephen McCallum worked on the documentary Never Get Busted! for four years. He’s spent the past two years fighting for the right to have that work acknowledged.

Filmmaker wins landmark case to be acknowledged as ‘principal director’

In a highly unusual case, a director has taken a producer to court, alleging he was denied his rightful credit. And in a major decision, he won.

  • Karl Quinn
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.

Major publishing houses sue Meta and Mark Zuckerberg over AI copyright

Hachette, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier and Cengage and bestselling novelist Scott Turow have filed a lawsuit alleging that Meta relied on pirated books to train its AI program.

  • Alexandra Alter
Taylor Swift has applied to have her voice and image trademarked. Note: this image is not the visual used in her application.

Taylor Swift wants to trademark her voice and likeness. Will others follow suit?

As AI continues to advance, celebrities are worried they will lose control of their identities. Could trademarking their voice and image be the answer?

  • Nell Geraets
Anthony Albanese’s minister are split over how to respond to AI investment.

Labor split over renewed push for AI to be able to harvest Australian art

A rift has opened within the Albanese government over chasing global investment in artificial intelligence and a creative sector warning it is being asked to bankroll the technology.

  • Rob Harris
John Friedrich was the head of the Victorian division of the National Safety Council of Australia.

This ‘new’ SBS doco is great. But to one filmmaker, it’s oddly familiar

SBS’ series about conman John Friedrich is fascinating, but to Philippe Charluet, it looks a lot like a project he submitted to the network years ago.

  • Karl Quinn
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Amy Taylor has become one of the most recognisable women in rock.

How Amyl and the Sniffers star found herself in a legal stoush with a US photographer

She’s one of the most famous women in rock right now, but Amy Taylor has found herself in a kind of spotlight she’d rather have avoided.

  • Karl Quinn
Beau Webster is a 5 per cent owner of S1 gyms.

Ex-NRL star’s gyms cop $175k bill for playing music during classes

The gym chain part-owned by Beau Ryan did not have a licence to play songs such as We Like To Party, Booty Bounce, and Wake Me Up.

  • Elias Visontay
Imitation? Sophie Corks’ two original works in pink hues and Adair’s canvas on the right. 

Sophie paints joyous scenes of her backyard. Then she saw her style for sale

The difference between inspiration and imitation is a legal grey area – and becoming increasingly hard to police.

  • Linda Morris
Attorney-General Michelle Rowland called the scheme “heartless and disastrous”.

Nine accuses AI firms of ‘illegal scraping’ of journalism

One of Australia’s largest publishers says AI giants “scrape” content produced by its newsrooms, as the media industry backs the government’s stance on not allowing tech firms to be exempt from copyright laws.

  • Elias Visontay and Brittany Busch