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Canadian Media Companies Target OpenAI in Copyright Lawsuit But Weak Claims Suggest Settlement the Real Goal

Michael Geist

The claim is sprinkled with the most obvious reason: the Canadian media companies want a settlement that involves OpenAI paying licence fees for the inclusion of their content in its large language models and the lawsuit is designed to kickstart negotiations. The data was cut off in 2017, well within the range of the lawsuit.

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3 Count: Levitating Lawsuit

Plagiarism Today

The lawsuit was filed by Artikal Sound System, a band behind the 2017 song Live Your Life. According to the lawsuit, the album that Live Your LIfe was on reached the number 2 spot for reggae in 2017, meaning that it’s very easy for Dua Lipa to have heard it. No details have been released about the terms of the settlement.

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REMICADE Antitrust Settlement Receives Final Approval

LexBlog IP

In 2017, three indirect-purchaser antitrust class actions were filed against Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech, Inc., The court preliminarily approved the settlement in August 2022. The post REMICADE Antitrust Settlement Receives Final Approval appeared first on Big Molecule Watch. million in expenses.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 13 – January 19)

SpicyIP

Can a Claim for Breach of Confidence and Breach of Contract be made together? The Court clarified that the appellants mark was declared well-known in 2017, and the well known status of a trademark is prospective and cannot retrospectively affect prior users. Deepak Gupta. However, the plaintiffs rejected this proposition.

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Four Tet’s Successful Royalty Battle: Are Changes Coming in the Music Industry for Royalty Payment?

IPilogue

In this contract, it was stipulated that for licences, he would be paid a royalty rate of approximately 50%, but for a sale, such as the sale of a CD, he would be paid a royalty rate of 18%. When Four Tet’s contract was signed in 2001, these standard licensing terms were different for the music industry. Sales vs Licences.

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adult venue's insurer did not successfully exclude ads from ad injury coverage

43(B)log

After settlement negotiations (including Wonderland’s separate counsel), Wonderland agreed to a judgment for $1.895 million, with a covenant not to execute and an assignment of rights against Princeton to the models in lieu of payment. Defendants counterclaimed for payment and damages for breach of contract and bad faith.

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[Guest Post] Long walk to copyright reform #9: The Copyright Amendment Bill ensures fair remuneration for South African creators and performers

The IPKat

Here’s what Desmond writes: The Copyright Amendment Bill ensures fair remuneration for South African creators and performers by Desmond O Oriakhogba.fair compensation needed The Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) was introduced to parliament on 13 May 2017. The CAB now awaits presidential assent to become law.

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