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You Still Need to Be Wary of Using Generative AI In Your Projects
A question on many clients’ minds lately is whether or not they can incorporate assets generated by large language model (“LLM”) artificial intelligence (“AI”), or “generative AI,” into their games, videos, or other projects. This subject is a very hot topic these days and the conversation is constantly evolving. But…
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Legal Issues in Layoffs
There have been a lot of layoffs in the video game industry lately—the most prominent recent one being the announcement that Microsoft would layoff approximately 1900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees.[1] And there are a few legal issues that both employers and employees should be looking out for—and discussing with…
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Why You Still Aren’t Totally Free to Use Steamboat Willie and Mickey Mouse
As you may have heard, on January 1, 2024, Steamboat Willie—the first successfully distributed Mickey Mouse cartoon—as well as the Mickey and Minnie Mouse characters themselves entered the public domain.[1] [2] [3] This subject has been getting a lot of attention, but despite several legal commentators having already discussed it,…
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Test Post
Apologies for the state of this website. I am still figuring out how best to use WordPress (and may need to resort to another editor). In the meantime, I’ll try to post to the blog periodically anyway.
Jason Douglas Barnes 