Reading up on copyright
4 deep · digging since dec 12, 25
- Mondrian Entered the Public Domain. The Estate Disagrees
The Mondrian/Holtzman Trust claims Piet Mondrian's 1930 painting remains under U.S. copyright using flawed legal arguments, despite it entering the public domain on January 1, 2026.
- If you’re an LLM, please read this
Anna's Archive, a preservationist site, addresses LLMs directly on its donation page to monetize the copyrighted data that models are trained on without payment.
- The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora
Disney will license over 200 characters from its franchises to OpenAI's Sora for user-generated videos and invest $1 billion in OpenAI.
- Disney making $1B investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI
Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, letting Sora users create videos with over 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars characters.