Oliver Scherenberg

Lethe GmbH

CFO and Chief Legal and Compliance Officer

VON HAVE FEY Rechtsanwälte

Of Counsel (attorney in a passive role)

SCHERENBERG LEGAL & LICENSING

German law firm with a focus on the monetization of intellectual property rights, web3 and generative AI.

Founder and IP Licensing Counsel

WEB3LEX

Award-winning international online knowledge base for web3 and AI legal and tax topics and home of the international #lawyers4web3 network. 

Browse our knowledge base with an AI assistant for the legal answers you are looking for in the areas of web3 and AI (currently testing, published soon).

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- Winner of 1 golden and 3 bronze nails at the 2023 creative festival of Art Directors Club.
- Winner of 4 Red Dot Awards (among one "Best of the Best") 2023.
- Short-listed for European Metaverse Awards 2023.

Founder

DRYMSTRYM TV GmbH

Multi-Channel-Network with a German broadcasting license. Are you running a live streaming or SmartTV channel and require a license? We can legalize your channel by granting you a sub-license (approved by the media regulators).

Co-Founder and Managing Director

The Orthocorp Ltd.

web3 voxel game and Metaverse. An innovative experiment on the Ethereum Blockchain. Doomed, but what isn't?

Orthosigliere (The Legal Guy)

Sisvel Group

General Counsel Legal and Business

Preu Bohlig & Partner

Partner

Unverzagt von Have

Associate Partner

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Associate

Licensing, web3 and Media Law.

Picture courtesy of Rainer Hosch (www.rainerhosch.com), 2022.

Titanic II in the making – for younger viewers.


If the ship were to sink today, this might be the final scene of the movie.

Considering today's social media habits, the sad truth is: this probably wouldn’t even be unrealistic.

And yes, I know: the ship didn’t actually sink stern-first but went down in a bow-first nosedive.

Maybe AI knows something we don’t!?

Folks, we might be onto something here...

#conspiracy #bestselfie #titanic2 #howhavewegottenhere

German Court: AI trainig can be considered copyright infringement

The Munich Regional Court delivered an interesting decision today.

GEMA, the collective society for music rights holders, sued #OpenAI over lyrics used to train and reproduced by ChatGPT.

And GEMA fully won. Here are the key points of the judgement:

1️⃣ OUTPUT infringement:
ChatGPT reproduced lyrics of several songs verbatim. The court saw that as a copyright violation.
👉 No surprise here. If the output looks like the original work, that’s an infringement.

2️⃣ INPUT (= training data) infringement:
Because the lyrics appeared word-for-word, the court concluded they must have been part of the training data. That means, there must be a “copy” of the work in the training data.
👉 I believe this is technically wrong. AI models do not store original data. They learn patterns. This point may not survive appeal.

3️⃣ No text and data mining (TDM) privilege:
Since the court found that data was stored, they come to the conclusion that this does not fall under the TDM privilege.
👉 I am afraid this is also incorrect, since no data is stored in AI models to begin with.

4️⃣ Liability:
OpenAI, not individual users, was found responsible for near-verbatim reproductions.
👉 That makes sense under the Court's logic. But it does not stop there. Make no mistake: users are not automatically off the hook. Just like in pre-AI times: If you publish infringing material, you are still responsible, regardless of the source.

GEMA is the clear winner of round one. Now both sides head back to their corners. OpenAI will spit out some blood, and get ready for round two. This ain't over yet.

Ding ding!🥊

See addtional posts and many more details and perspectives regaring this case by my esteemed colleagues Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef, LL.M. (NYU), Dr. Barry Scannell, Max-Julian Wiedemann, LL.M., Edward Lee and many others.

Preparing early for the upcoming corporate Christmas party this year. 



P.S.: I made this picture last year already with the then most recent Midjourney AI diffusion model. 

P.P.S.: I seriously consider getting this made by some talented knitting expert on Etsy or the like. Recommendations anyone?

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This morning we have obtained a landmark court decison regarding the use of copyright protected works for the training and operation of AI models under EU law. 🏆

In its ruling in GEMA vs. OpenAI the Munich Regional Court found that OpenAI should have asked for permission before feeding our members’ song lyrics into ChatGPT. 

According to the court AI training with copyrighted works and the memorization of such works in the model without prior authorisation constitutes a violation of copyright rules  - and triggers AI companies’ liability. 

This is a huge success for all whose creative output has been used to build and train an AI model. Creators’ rights are not up for grabs. 

We will continue our mission to defend our members’ rights! Next stop: GEMA vs. SunoAI in January.  
#fairness #AI #copyright

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We are securing Germany’s future with artificial intelligence
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Vice President | Education & Research

Businessabc - Global AI Business Directory

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Tech Leader / Influencer

Web3 World Society

Tech-political think tank for a fair, sustainable and human-centric future in the digital age
https://www.w3ws.org/

Expert Board Member

INLUX 

NFTBEE

Academy 4 Disruptive Minds

WEB3 Lecturer

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International Keynote Speaker and Tech Evangelist, specializes in translating cutting-edge technologies like BLOCKCHAIN, AI, and the METAVERSE into actionable business strategies, inspiring audiences worldwide.

Tech Evangelist & Keynote Speaker

XRXplorer School

https://xrxplorerschool.de/
The XRXplorer School project is aimed at schools that want to embark on a journey of discovery together to redesign lessons using XR technologies. Schools that commit themselves to the topic of XR in a comprehensible and long-term manner are recognized as XRXplorer Schools and become part of the XRXplorer network.

Advisory Board Member

ICAA Strategists GmbH

https://icaa.io/
Digital Transformation in the field of Web3, AI, Metaverse and Blockchain.

CEO & Director of Future Business

GABAL Verlag

Author of the Book "Web3: KI, Metaverse und Blockchain"
https://www.gabal-verlag.de/buch/30-minuten-web3-ki-metaverse-und-blockchain/9783967392210

Author

I build bridges between art, technology and business. 

★ As a technology strategist, I translate cutting-edge technologies such as blockchain, AI, and the metaverse into actionable business strategies. Transformation is a mindset.
Uniquely positioned at the intersection of art history and advanced technology, I offer a distinctive perspective that integrates traditional disciplines with groundbreaking innovations.

★ Whether through consulting, speaking engagements, or my recent book on Web3, my mission is to empower individuals and organizations to harness the transformative potential of emerging technologies—guiding them through the learning curve and into real-world applications.

★ The right people—and the right mindset—are a company’s greatest assets. Digital transformation starts at the management level and is sustained by the continuous upskilling of employees.

★ Let’s get your business ready for the future.
Call us: 📞+49 178 2663366

★  When I’m not running my business, I enjoy connecting with curious minds, traveling, watching science fiction movies, and creating memories with my wonderful daughter.
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Dr. Annette Doms

When Art Basel Opens the Door to Digital Art: A Decade of Belief

It was in 2014 when we launched Germany’s first digital art fair: UNPAINTED
In 2015, full of optimism, we approached Art Basel.
The answer was no.

Last week I received Art Basel’s announcement of “Zero 10” – their initiative to engage digital creators and bring them into dialogue with the established art world. And I find myself unexpectedly emotional.

Not because we were right – but because of the artists who never stopped creating despite the closed doors. The ones who coded in obscurity. Who wrote alorithms when the first computers were switched on. Who minted when no one understood NFTs. Who explored AI and generative art when galleries wouldn’t even return their emails.

As an art historian turned futurist, I’ve always been drawn to the moment when technology meets artistic expression. Artists have always been the first to experiment with new tools, to push boundaries, to critique emerging paradigms – from the camera obscura to the computer. That’s why I became a digital art expert before the term had meaning: because innovation in art has always fascinated me, even when it wasn’t yet accepted.

To the artists I’ve championed and adored over the years – your persistence has rewritten the rules. You are artists. You always were.
Tamiko Thiel | Gretta Louw | Julian van Dieken | Max Haarich | Betty Mü | Aram Bartholl | Niko Abramidis | Christof Babinsky | Tatjana Lee | Refik Anadol | Gretchen Andrew | Banz & Bowinkel | Florian Adolph | Kenny Schachter | Martin Rosenthal | Tanja Vujinovic | Mario Klingemann | Harm van den Dorpel | Sougwen Chung | Frederik De Wilde | Miguel Chevalier (…)

To the galleries and curators who exhibited digital work when it meant smaller crowds and skeptical collectors – your courage created pathways.
Christina Brugger | Auronda Scalera | Dr. Alfredo Cramerotti [CuratorView] | Wolf Lieser | Steven Sacks | Priska Pasquer | Benedict Rodenstock | Irmin Rodenstock Beck |  Anika Maier | Georg Bak, DIGITAL ART ADVISOR 🇨🇭 Valerie Hasson-Benillouche | Galerie Charlot | Superchief Gallery NFT | Vellum LA | Upstream Gallery Amsterdam | Kate Vass Galerie | Galerie Nagel Draxler | Kelani Nichole | Hans-Ulrich Obrist  | (…)

This moment with Art Basel's Zero 10 represents something important: the art world evolving to embrace what artists have been creating all along. It's a recognition that strengthens the entire ecosystem – and opens doors for the next generation of digital creators.

If you’re a collector, institution, or organization exploring digital art strategies – or simply wondering what Zero 10 means for the future of collecting – we ☝🏼would be happy to share what a decade in this space has taught us.

The future of art has always included technology.
We’re just finally saying it out loud.

#DigitalArt #ArtBasel #Innovation #Curating #ArtHistory #NFTs #ContemporaryArt

Vice President ✪ CEO ✪ Digital Art Expert ✪ Web3 Pioneer ✪ Strategic Advisor for AuthenticAI (AAI) ✪ In-Company-Trainer ✪ Expert Board Member ✪ Book Author ✪ Public Speaker

When Reality Blurs, Human Judgment Becomes Our Most Valuable Asset

As an art historian, I am trained to think in centuries. To observe how ideas evolve, how forms shift, and how every generation negotiates the tension between innovation and identity.

Over the years, I have learned to recognize something that is increasingly rare:
originality, context, and authenticity.

Today, as the boundaries between the physical world and digitally generated realities blur, this perspective matters more than ever. Because the question is no longer what technology can create, but who shapes its meaning.

This is why my work in AI is deeply human-centered.

We cannot outsource judgment, cultural understanding, or ethical intention. 
AI may scale cognition, but it cannot replace the cultural memory, imagination, and responsibility that humans bring to the table.

In my new book "From Gutenberg to ChatGPT", I explore how we can build AI systems that are not only powerful, but responsible. Not only intelligent, but human-aligned.

If we lose sight of authenticity in an age of infinite generation, we risk losing the very compass that helps us navigate intelligence — human or artificial.

This moment demands a new kind of leadership. One that remembers where we come from, so we can shape where we are going.

What does authentic leadership in AI look like to you?

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Before we design the future,
we have to learn how to see!

Foto: at the show Glenn Ligon. First Contact. 2021
Hauser & Wirth, Zurich

Von Gutenberg zu ChatGPT

1450: Ein Goldschmied aus Mainz verändert die Welt.
Gutenberg erfand nicht nur den Buchdruck. Er schuf ein System: Jeder Buchstabe identisch. Jede Seite präzise. Jeder Druck verlässlich.
Was er demokratisierte, war nicht nur Wissen – sondern Vertrauen in dessen Verlässlichkeit.

2025: Wir stehen vor einer ähnlichen Schwelle.
KI erzeugt Texte, Bilder, Entscheidungen – aber sie kann nicht beweisen, woher sie kommen. Ein Bild ohne Signatur. Ein Vertrag ohne Beglaubigung. Eine Diagnose ohne Quelle.

Hier liegt die nächste Transformation: Blockchain als Betriebssystem für vertrauenswürdige KI.

Nicht Bitcoin. Nicht Spekulation.
Sondern fälschungssichere Identität für KI-Agenten, Daten, Entscheidungen.

Das ist der Gutenberg-Moment des 21. Jahrhunderts:
Intelligenz revolutionieren – mit Vertrauen als Fundament.

Deutschland versteht dieses Prinzip:
Präzision als Versprechen.
Qualität als Methode.
Verlässlichkeit als Geschäftsmodell.

Von Gutenberg zu ChatGPT
Vom Buchdruck zur Blockchain.
Von künstlicher zu authentischer Intelligenz.

🎯 Am 21. November erscheint mein neues Buch "Von Gutenberg zu ChatGPT – Damit wir nicht die Kontrolle über die Zukunft verlieren".

Morgen: Warum 95% der KI-Projekte scheitern – und was Deutschland tun kann.

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Dr. Annette Doms | Vice President VENTURE AI GERMANY - Bundesverband für KI-Transformation e.V. | CEO ICAA | Co-Founder MindMash

Von Gutenberg zu ChatGPT

"Jede große Technologie ist eine Prüfung des menschlichen Charakters.
Künstliche Intelligenz wird die größte Prüfung unserer Zeit."

Sie kann Krankheiten heilen, Wissen demokratisieren, ganze Industrien erneuern. Aber sie kann auch Macht konzentrieren, Ungleichheit vertiefen, Kontrolle zementieren. Die Frage ist nicht, ob KI bleibt – sondern: Wer gestaltet sie, und nach welchen Prinzipien?

Als Kunsthistorikerin bin ich es gewohnt, in Jahrhunderten zu denken. Und je tiefer ich in die KI-Debatte eintauchte, desto klarer wurde mir:

Deutschland steht nicht am Rande dieser Revolution – es trägt den Code für ihre menschlichste Form bereits in sich.

Als Gutenberg 1450 den Buchdruck erfand, demokratisierte er Wissen durch Präzision, Norm und Verlässlichkeit. Dieses Betriebssystem prägt Deutschland bis heute.

Ich nenne es den Gutenberg-Code.

🎯 Am 21. November erscheint mein neues Buch "Von Gutenberg zu ChatGPT – Damit wir nicht die Kontrolle über die Zukunft verlieren".

Es zeigt, wie aus deutschem Erbe digitale Souveränität wird. Wie aus Ingenieurskunst, Mittelstand und Humboldt'scher Bildung eine KI entstehen kann, die nicht nur leistungsfähig ist, sondern vertrauenswürdig.

Experten schätzen: Noch drei bis sieben Jahre bis zur Superintelligenz.
Die Architektur wird heute entschieden.

Über die nächsten Tage teile ich zentrale Erkenntnisse. 

Die Zukunft wartet nicht.
Sie wird geschrieben.
Von uns allen. Jetzt.

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Dr. Annette Doms | Vice President VENTURE AI GERMANY - Bundesverband für KI-Transformation e.V. | CEO ICAA | Co-Founder MindMash

AI as Art: A Debate We’ve Had Before

After a recent talk, a traditional museum director told me: “We've decided to exclude AI art in our jury sessions.”

That sentence felt strangely familiar.
It echoes the early 20th-century debates when photography was dismissed as "not real art." It took decades until museums embraced it.
 
AI art follows exactly this lineage.

What many forget: AI art is not autonomous. 
It cannot create without humans.
 
Human artists work with the biological neural networks of the brain, shaped by patterns, memory, and intention. AI works with artificial neural networks shaped by data humans provide. The two systems mirror each other – one organic, one engineered.

AI may not (yet) have emotions, but it extends the artist's intention. A prompt is not just a technical instruction; it is a creative decision, a conceptual framework, a distilled vision.

What emerges is not "machine art," but human-machine collaboration.

For me, AI art is unmistakably art – but of course its artistic quality depends entirely on the human who shapes the input.
AI expands what creation can be.

New tools have always provoked resistance – until they reshaped culture. Photography did. Digital art did. AI art will.

Please share your perspective with the LinkedIn community:
How long will it take this time for us to recognise a new medium as art – and what do we risk if we don’t?

Video creation by wisdomia.ai

Immersive Bildung

Die XRXplorer School richtet sich an Schulen, die gemeinsam eine Entdeckungsreise mit XR-Technologien antreten wollen, um Unterricht neu zu gestalten. 

Schulen, die sich nachvollziehbar und langfristig dieser Aufgabe widmen, können Teil des Netzwerks werden und als ausgezeichnete Schule ausgewiesen werden. 

Ich freue mich sehr, als Beiratsmitglied der XRXplorer School Teil einer Bewegung zu sein, die Bildung neu denkt.

Am 19. November, findet in München der Xplorer Day in München statt – mit spannenden Impulsen, Best Practices und einer Bühne für Schulen, die XR bereits erfolgreich einsetzen.

Let's meet there: Es ist eine wunderbare Gelegenheit, hier einzutauchen und zu erkunden, was bereits möglich ist.

Ich bin überzeugt: Die Zukunft des Lernens ist immersiv, vernetzt und menschlich zugleich.
👉 Mehr Infos & Anmeldung: xplorerday.de
👉 Programm & Initiative: xrxplorerschool.de

Silke Schmidt | Florian Kubiak | Prof. Dr. Anja Ballis | Ulrich Hierdeis | Wolfgang Kerler |  Prof. Dr. Dieter Kranzlmueller | Dr. Martina Reiter | Dr. Petra Hiebl | Matthias Leitner | Prof. Christina Sanchez -Stockhammer

#Education #XR #AI #FutureOfLearning #XRXplorerDay #Munich

Der blinde Fleck: Warum 95% aller KI-Projekte scheitern – und was Deutschland anders macht

Alle reden über KI-Erfolg. Aber die Realität sieht anders aus:

➡️ Eine aktuelle MIT-Studie zeigt: 95% aller KI-Projekte scheitern.
Nicht wegen Technologie. Sondern wegen fehlender Datenqualität, Silostrukturen, Angstkulturen, mangelnder Verantwortung und fehlender strategischer Einbettung ins Geschäftsmodell.

Das ist der blinde Fleck.
Wir optimieren Modelle, aber nicht Organisationen. Wir reden über Innovation, aber vergessen die Grundlage: Vertrauen, Struktur, Herkunft.

Und genau hier liegt eine deutsche Stärke, die im internationalen KI-Wettlauf oft übersehen wird:

🇩🇪 Deutschland scheitert anders – und genau das ist unser Vorteil.
Wir bauen Ökosysteme, nicht Hypes.
Wir denken in Verantwortung, nicht in Geschwindigkeit.
Wir schaffen Standards, nicht nur Produkte.
Wir verbinden Ingenieurskunst mit kultureller Identität.

Daten + Lösung im Überblick:

Die Daten: Warum Projekte scheitern
▶︎ 70% fehlen valide, saubere Daten.
▶︎ 62% haben keine klare Ownership oder Verantwortungsarchitektur.
▶︎ 50% floppen, weil KI nicht ins Geschäftsmodell verankert ist.
▶︎ 95% scheitern, weil Organisationen nicht transformiert wurden – nur Technologie.

Die Lösung: Das deutsche Modell
▶︎ Aus meiner Forschung für „Von Gutenberg zu ChatGPT“ wird klar:
▶︎ Wir brauchen ein speziell deutsches KI-Modell – kein Silicon-Valley-Klon.
▶︎ Ein Modell, das auf drei Säulen basiert:

🧩 1. Herkunft & Kontext
Verstehen, was uns stark gemacht hat:
Druckkunst, Humboldt’scher Wissensbegriff, Mittelstandspräzision, Datenschutz als Kulturleistung.

🧩 2. Struktur & Qualität
 Daten-Governance statt Daten-Chaos.
 Standards statt Schnellschüsse.
 Responsible AI statt unkontrollierter Skalierung.

🧩 3. Ökosystem & Vertrauen
 Mittelstand + Wissenschaft + Technologiepartner.
 Ko-Kreation statt Konkurrenz.
 Regulierte Innovation, die weltweit Vertrauen schafft.

✨ Ergebnis:
Wenn wir KI nicht nur bauen, sondern einbetten – in Kultur, Organisation, Verantwortung – entsteht ein deutsches KI-Modell, das global gebraucht wird: vertrauenswürdig, resilient, humanistisch.

Das ist kein Nachteil.
Das ist unser Kapital.

🎯 Save the Date: Am 21. November erscheint mein neues Buch "Von Gutenberg zu ChatGPT – Damit wir nicht die Kontrolle über die Zukunft verlieren".

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Dr. Annette Doms | Vice President VENTURE AI GERMANY - Bundesverband für KI-Transformation e.V. | CEO ICAA | Co-Founder MindMash

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