Totoro in Trouble? Assessing the Legal Implications of AI-Generated Ghibli Images
Since the launch of OpenAI’s GPT-4o image generation in March 2025, AI-generated images replicating Studio Ghibli’s signature hand-drawn aesthetic have flooded social media. Critics warn that generative AI could threaten artists’ livelihoods, while others see it as a potential collaborative
Copyright Fair Use in the Face of Technological Developments: Staying Ahead or Limping Behind? – Part 2
Specific Technological Developments and Fair Use – Two Case Studies At the time of writing, there are over a dozen lawsuits since the start of 2023 against companies such as OpenAI and Stability AI for using copyright-protected works in the training of