TorrentFreak

AUGUST 29, 2023

In their lawsuit filed in June , book authors Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad accused OpenAI of direct and vicarious copyright infringement, among other things. “The books aggregated by these websites have also been available in bulk via torrent systems. ” the authors wrote. ” OpenAI notes that when the U.S.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Discussing the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Hachette Book Group v. She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Several users could borrow a scanned book at once. Tanishka is an advocate at the High Court of MP.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 27, 2024

NVIDIA Faces Copyright Infringement Claims Earlier this year, several authors sued NVIDIA over alleged copyright infringement. The class action lawsuit claims that the company’s AI models were trained on copyrighted works taken from the ‘pirate’ site Bibliotik. Copyright Act,” the company writes.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

government, another of the world’s most recognized book piracy platforms has fresh legal problems of its own. Defendants have absolutely no legal justification for what they do and operate in complete and knowing defiance of the rule of law,” the complaint adds. Copyright Infringement (17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.)

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Seventy-two years later, Scott-Giles’ granddaughter, Jocelyn Bundy, noticed that “ an image virtually identical ” to Scott-Giles’ illustration was being used in the popular grunge-rock band Nirvana’s merchandise and brought a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States for damages covering decades of sales. copyright law.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2021

1: Manhattan Judge Rejects ‘Server Test’ for Internet Copyright Infringement. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff has issued a controversial ruling denying the “server test” of copyright law and ruling that embedding images can be an infringement of copyright law.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 21, 2022

1: Judge in Maryland Strikes Down Library e-Book Law. First off today, Hillel Italie at the Associated Press reports that a judge in Maryland has shot down a law that would have required publishers to make e-books available on “reasonable terms” to libraries in the state. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2025

It also discusses national and international viewpoints on the subject before going into the Indian judiciary’s stance on copyright violations in the social media era. Copyright law is in charge of controlling how literary, artistic, and theatrical works, among others, are used. 1 (2022). [5]

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination. This has led to varying degrees of copyright infringements in this digital era. However, with more advantages, some disadvantages also come into play.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A few years ago, book piracy was considered a fringe activity that rarely made the news, but times have changed. Department of Justice targeted popular shadow library Z-Library, accusing it of mass copyright infringement. “We think this release marks a major milestone in mapping out all the books in the world.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

But if you really want Kiwi Farms gone, have you considered using copyright law for its censorial power? He self-published a book about the experience (“ Why I Sued Taylor Swift and How I Became Falsely Known as Frivolous, Litigious and Crazy “). ” Greer emailed Moon asking to remove the book.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As reported on Entrackr , Pocket FM has filed a copyright infringement case against Kuku FM before the Delhi High Court. Pocket FM alleges that Kuku FM has violated its copyright by providing audio summaries of books to which Pocket FM has exclusive rights to create audiobooks. The matter is still being heard.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 29, 2024

This make chances of piracy and copyright infringement higher because lots of course encompasses material such as video, powerpoint presentation, and text among others, which once created can be duplicated and distributed by people other than the original creator. This was set in the earliest case of A&M Records Inc. v Napster Inc.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

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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The IP Law Blog

MAY 5, 2022

When standard approaches failed, a business professor recently turned to copyright law, hoping for a solution. To obtain a subpoena, Berkovitz would have to register his copyrights and file a lawsuit for copyright infringement, which he did. Course Hero declined to provide the information absent a subpoena.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Like most copyright systems, French copyright law does not leave much room for the freedom of authors of transformative graphic works (also called “derivative works”). Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

It was recently uncovered that numerous internet platforms are posting infringing content on their websites without the approval of the copyright owners. Copyright infringement cases on the internet have increased because the internet has become more widely available. Legal Framework governing take down notice.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and Apple (‘defendants’), claiming that the defendants had directly and indirectly infringed their copyright over the song “ Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots ” by using it in their documentary titled ‘Burlesque’ ( Brown v.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Canada’s largest media companies, including the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Postmedia, CBC, and Canadian Press, came together last week to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI, the owners of ChatGPT. Much like Bill C-18, it would not surprise if coverage of the case sided with Canadian media companies.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2024

For example, it operates a library that offers a broad collection of digital media, including books, which patrons can borrow upon request. The organization doesn’t license authorized digital copies from publishers; instead, its books are scanned and digitized in-house.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Such uses, they argue, constitute copyright infringement. Google Books and Transformative Use The past two decades have seen a wealth of technological developments, but generative AI is qualitatively different from everything that has come before. As such, it was permissible under United States copyright law.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 30, 2025

A pre-trained model is already trained on a large dataset of books, articles, web pages, etc., Data, data everywhere, not a byte to bite This is the first contentious part from the copyright perspective. Now comes one of the most consequential questions, which will turn a lot in terms of copyright infringement.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 22, 2023

This is a review of Poorna Mysoor ’s Implied licences in copyright law (Oxford University Press, 2021). As the title suggests, this book consists of a detailed analysis and explanation of instances where it is possible to imply a copyright licence in response to or as a defence to an allegation of copyright infringement.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The Court has granted summary judgment in respect of 2,830 headnotes belonging to Thomson Reuters and admittedly used by Ross Intelligence to train its Natural Language Processing and Artificial Enabled Legal Research tool, finding Direct Copyright Infringement and rejecting fair use. But, first, Some History! Modak [Para 41].

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

To further develop this excursus on the US case law, in this post we consider two recent class actions against Meta launched by copyright holders (mainly book authors), for alleged infringement of IP in their books and written works through use in training materials for LLaMA (Large Language Model Meta AI).

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Yes, there was a copyright infringement claim in the mix, based on Skiplagged’s use of American’s “flight symbol” logo. As a result of airlines’ pricing structures, this tactic can sometimes result in a cheaper fare than booking a direct flight to the desired destination. It sought $94.4

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

They accuse OpenAI of using books as training data, without permission, relying on datasets that were sourced from pirate sites. According to the tech company, there are no viable claims for vicarious copyright infringement, DMCA violation, unfair competition, and unjust enrichment. copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

In addition to archiving the web, IA also operates a library that offers a broad collection of digital media, including books. Staying true to the centuries-old library concept, IA patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house. Internet Archive’s theory of fair use represents a threat just as grave.”

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Intepat

DECEMBER 25, 2024

While the raw data within a database may not be eligible for copyright protection, the originality involved in selecting, organizing, or arranging the data can bring a database under the scope of copyright law. Eastern Book Company v. How do different jurisdictions interpret and enforce these standards?

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In addition to archiving the web, IA also operates a library that offers a broad collection of digital media, including books. Staying true to the centuries-old library concept, IA patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house. This is a feature of copyright law, not a bug,” the brief reads.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The Prosecutor’s Office and the National Police intervened several commercial premises to carry out forfeiture proceedings for the crime of copyright infringement, as several commercial premises were allegedly buying and selling duplicate books or illegal copies of them.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 26, 2023

Over the years, Z-Library established itself as a premier source of pirated books, serving an audience of millions of users. According to Z-Library, this is a standard notice but, aside from the copyright infringement angle, people should always treat third-party applications with caution. Supporting Copyright Law?

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Highlights of the Week Taking Stock of ANI vs OpenAI Copyright Litigation- Part I With interventions from book and digital publishers in the ANI vs OpenAI copyright litigation, the Delhi HC will begin hearing arguments in the ANI-OpenAI Copyright dispute from February 21. Anything we are missing out on?

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 23, 2024

RELEVANT LAWS While the Fair Use of Copyright Doctrine has been codified under Section 52 of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, Indian courts frequently assess the facts and circumstances of each case by referring to the four doctrinal factors laid under Section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Google, Inc.,

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

But did you know that not all of Christopher Robin’s friends are treated the same in the eyes of copyright law? Milne’s characters from his 1926 books entered the public domain at the beginning of this year, but Disney’s iteration remains copyright protected for now. The characters have multiple authors, including A.A.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This act is often done without the prior consent or permission of the copyright holder or the photographer of the picture. Thus, the question arises if such use attracts copyright infringement. If the photo taken without any prior consent is edited and used for a commercial benefit, then it might attract copyright infringement.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a 2019 federal district court’s ruling that held a French court’s ruling was unenforceable due to a conflict in copyright laws between the countries. The plaintiffs argued that the book has a commercial purpose, which weighs against fair use.

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