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Crypto Group Buys Dune Book, Confuses it for Buying the Rights

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million ($3 million) acquiring a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune. The book, which details the effort by Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky to make a Dune film in the 1970s, is indeed a rare and valuable book. Make the book public (to the extent permitted by law) 2. Last year, the group spent €2.66

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Training AI Using ‘Pirated’ Content Can Be Fair Use, Law Professors Argue

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In the race to build the most capable LLMs, several tech companies have sourced copyrighted content for use as training data, without obtaining permission from content owners. Many of those companies are now being sued for alleged copyright infringement. Last month, both parties filed motions for summary judgment.

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Authors Seek Meta’s Torrent Client Logs and Seeding Data in AI Piracy Probe

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When AI hit the mainstream, it became apparent that many rightsholders had concerns over the unauthorized use of their copyright works. Creatives including photographers, artists, musicians, journalists, and authors, responded by filed copyright infringement lawsuits to protect their rights. 107, Meta said in its early response.

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Navigating User Lawfulness in European Copyright Law: From Lawful Use to Lawful Access

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Image created by AI The concept of lawfulness in relation to user status or user acts has been gradually established in EU digital copyright law as a condition for the enjoyment of certain copyright exceptions. However, the concept has proliferated inconsistently, lacking a clear normative content and shape.

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3 Count: Copyright Exhaustion

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1: Government Pauses Plans to Rewrite UK Copyright Laws After Authors Protest. The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books. The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books.

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Can We Reexamine the Role of Blockchain in Copyright Now?

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Back in January, the crypto group Spice DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) made headlines for spending approximately $3 million to acquire a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune , a bible for a planned Dune move that would have been made in the 1970s. . After winning the book, the group announced their plans.

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‘Meta Torrented over 81 TB of Data Through Anna’s Archive, Despite Few Seeders’

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Last weekend, shadow library Anna’s Archive argued that, for AI companies, access to ‘pirated’ books may be a matter of national security. A class-action lawsuit filed by authors including Richard Kadrey, Sarah Silverman, and Christopher Golden is one such copyright infringement case. Copyright Concerns?

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