TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Authors Sue, OpenAI Responds In a lawsuit filed last June , authors Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad accused OpenAI of direct and vicarious copyright infringement, among other things. The only claim that should be able to survive is direct copyright infringement, but OpenAI said it expects to defeat that at a later stage.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Over the years, various parties have called out Twitter/X over alleged copyright infringement. lawmakers also suggested that piracy is part of the company’s business model. In a complaint filed at the District Court of Munich, Germany, SUISA now accuses X of widespread copyright infringement. ” U.S.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. ” Training On and Reproducing Copyrighted Articles The complaint alleges that the newspapers’ articles are prominent parts of the training material for OpenAI’s models.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. ” Training On and Reproducing Copyrighted Articles The complaint alleges that the newspapers’ articles are prominent parts of the training material for OpenAI’s models.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In recent years, game companies have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against alleged cheaters, cheat makers, and sellers. In addition, PayPal froze the developer’s funds, which presumably included profits from the cheating business. Liable for Copyright Infringement. Infamous Lawsuit.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 15, 2025

California-based rightsholder PCR Distributing, which operates under brands including J18 and JAST USA, initiated action against nHentai last summer, describing the site as a significant threat to its business. Judge Valenzuela notes that PCR sufficiently pled that it owns valid copyrights that are being infringed by the defendant.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

’ They also use online proxy services that conceal their identities while failing to provide any business addresses as contact information. Accordingly, Plaintiffs bring this action for injunctive relief and damages to stop and seek redress for Defendants’ knowing and willful copyright infringement.” 101 et seq.)

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

1: ‘ Sports Illustrated’ Model Sues Twitter for $10 million, Accusing its Algorithm of Contributing to Copyright infringement. 2: Three Plead Guilty to Criminal Copyright Infringement. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

One AI topic, which has so far only been examined in any depth in relation to EU copyright law in a few instances, is copyright infringement by generative AI and the associated liability. 1) When does AI output constitute an infringement? 2) Who is liable for copyright-infringing AI output?

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 3, 2022

1: Dua Lipa Sued for Alleged Copyright Infringement Over Hit Single Levitating. First off today, Murray Stassen at Music Business Worldwide reports that musician Dua Lipa has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit that claims her 2020 hit Levitating is an infringement of an earlier song. in fees.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 28, 2021

1: Bungie & Ubisoft Sue Destiny 2 Cheatmakers Ring-1 For Copyright Infringement. The lawsuit alleges that the group is committing copyright infringement not only because they are making derivative works based upon their games, but because they are circumventing copyright protection tools.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 7, 2025

Direct Copyright Infringement. The court credits Robinsons allegations that Roblox employees reviewed and approved Binello’s upload of Robinson’s copyrighted work, created a copy of that work, and stored that copy on the Roblox server. Contributory Copyright Infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

First off today, Will Nelson at NME reports that video game modders are fighting back against a lawsuit filed by Rockstar Games claiming that their fan-created mods are a fair use, not a copyright infringement. The outcome of the case was welcomed by local copyright holders in the country.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 31, 2024

“As a result of the police investigation, it was discovered that the company’s management and employees had conspired to systematically commit copyright infringement, and had operated the website for profit, attracting a large number of hits.”

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Shopify, for its part, has issued a statement saying that it takes intellectual property violations very seriously and has processed over 90% of its copyright and trademark reports within one business day. All totaled, the plaintiffs are seeking up to $150,000 for each infringed copyright and $2 million for each infringed trademark.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

First off today, Ted Johnson at Deadline reports that a group of six United States Senators have signed a letter to the domain name registry Verisign calling upon the service to suspend the domains of pirate websites and generally do more to combat copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Two DMS developers challenged the law, hoping to protect a business model where customers pay for data portability. However, the 9th Circuit has upheld a lower court ruling, dismissing any copyright element of the case. 2: Court Acquits GMA Execs Accused by ABS-CBN of Copyright Infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 8, 2022

According to the Business Software Alliance, the rate of pirated software in the country is 62 percent. While that’s down from 91 percent in 1996, it does mean nearly two-thirds of the business software in the country is already unlicensed. 2: ResearchGate Dealt a Blow in Copyright Lawsuit.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2025

Various groups stressed the importance of copyright protection when it comes to new AI technologies. They argued that foreign governments should be mindful of potential copyright infringements. Tech Companies & Pirate Libraries In the United States, explicit copyright exceptions for AI learning are non-existent.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Specifically, they alleged that the company failed to terminate repeat infringers. A Texas federal jury found Grande guilty of willful contributory copyright infringement, and the ISP was ordered to pay $47 million in damages to the record labels. $47 47 Million Appeal Grande was unhappy with the verdict and appealed.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 16, 2025

100,000 per day is an awful lot of money for failing to deal with alleged copyright infringement over which the company has zero visibility. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

A new study published in the Harvard Business Review examines the impact of AI systems on human creators. The answers are not encouraging. The post Does AI Replace Human Creators? appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 25, 2022

1: Ninth Circuit Boosts Efforts to Sue Overseas Copyright Infringers. First off today, Edvard Pettersson at Courthouse News Service reports that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a copyright infringement lawsuit that was filed against the Vietnamese company VNG Group.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 13, 2022

1: Krafton Sues Garena, Apple, and Google over Free Fire Copyright Infringement. First off today, Aaron Orr at Pocket Gamer reports that the developer of the battle royale game PUBG has filed a lawsuit against competitor Garena after alleging that Garena’s mobile game Free Fire is a copyright infringement of PUBG.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 20, 2024

million in copyright damages against Skiplagged—but the website’s business model remains largely unaffected. Yes, there was a copyright infringement claim in the mix, based on Skiplagged’s use of American’s “flight symbol” logo. Jury awards American Airlines $9.4 Talk about a case of the tail wagging the dog.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 6, 2024

Several major educational publishing companies, including Macmillan, Elsevier and McGraw Hill, have sued Google in a New York district court alleging contributory and vicarious copyright infringement, trademark infringement and violations of New York’s General Business Law.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 24, 2022

1: Louis Vuitton Loses Copyright Infringement Battle, Le Canard Enchaîné Reports. First off today, Laure Guilbault at Vogue Business reports that the French court of appeal has ordered Louis Vuitton to pay designer Jocelyn Imbert €900,000 ($990,000) for infringing a lock design that she created.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

APRIL 8, 2025

According to Justia.com, he has filed 23 copyright infringement suits across the country since 2017. Davis alleges that FW Allergy used his photograph to promote its business in a post titled “Stinging Insect Allergy” on March 16, 2023, and distributed it online without his consent. Continue reading

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Generally, the plaintiff has to prove (i) fault of the defendant (intentional tortfeasance gives rise to less case law and debate), (ii) infringement of plaintiff’s rights or benefits to be protected by law (i.e., the “unlawfulness or illegality” of the defendant’s behavior), (iii) a causal link, and (iv) losses.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

But, while the facts of the case may not be particularly interesting, this has the potential to be one of the most important copyright cases in some time, in particular one of the most important for the CCB. The case is important for one simple reason: It easily could have been a “normal” copyright infringement case.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 21, 2022

Copyright Office’s New Small-Claims Court Opens for Business. Copyright Office’s Copyright Claims Board has finally opened has created what it hopes will be the first small claims court for copyright infringement cases. .” 3: U.S.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 15, 2023

Intellectual property rights statutes i.e. the Copyright Act, 1957, the Patents Act, 1970, the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and the Geographical Indications Act, 1999 are among the laws that are proposed to be amended. The objective of this bill is to increase the ‘Ease of Living and Doing Business in India’. In Knit Pro International v.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 16, 2022

” NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have seen both big sales and big business in the past year. The two men were given prison sentences for copyright infringement and ordered to pay 209 million Swedish kroner ($21 million) in damages. It’s an attempt to add scarcity to digital goods.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

1: Steely & Clevie Productions Take Reggaetón’s Biggest Hitmakers To Court For Copyright Infringement. It also includes record labels and other businesses involved in the release of more than three dozen songs that the musicians say ripped off their work. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2025

Interestingly, the civil suit has been disposed of by the Madras High Court, holding that there is no copyright infringement, and the proceedings in the criminal case have been stayed. The Court was of the opinion that Tamilnadan failed to prove copyright infringement. But it may not be copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

2: Bookie Operators Sued Over Alleged Sports Broadcast Copyright Infringement. The defendants claim that Sis refused to engage with them and reach a fair licensing deal, effectively trying to put them out of business. 3: Survey: Video Game Piracy Set to Rise.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 20, 2024

District Court for the Northern District of California – San Francisco Division, alleging widespread copyright infringement of “hundreds of thousands of copyrighted books.”

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