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Instagram and Facebook Users Are Engaging in Copyright Infringement?!

IPilogue

Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. If you have ever incorporated music into your Instagram or Facebook videos, you may have committed copyright infringement. In the official pleading , they argued that Meta violated the US Copyright Act 17 USC ยง 501 for direct, induced, and contributory copyright infringement.

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Generative AI: the US class action against Google Bard (and other AI tools) for web scraping

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Google , which recognized property interest in personal information). The defendants failed to register as data brokers under applicable laws of California ( here ). 4th 1149 (9th Cir. 161 recalling the precedent Calhoun v. The plaintiffs argue that such conduct would replicate that of Clearview.

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Legal Issues with Using AI to Create Content โ€“ Written with Help from AI

LexBlog IP

One area where AI has already made significant inroads is in content creation. With the help of AI-powered writing assistants, businesses and individuals can generate high-quality content with minimal effort. Copyright law protects original works of authorship, including literary works like blog articles.

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The Intriguing Debate Over Copyrighted Content in AI Training: What Entrepreneurs Need to Know

LexBlog IP

When I was growing up, the Encyclopedia was my “go-to” place for information. The Internet is exponentially growing; and along with it Internet-based digital content creation. They need rich, diverse, and real-world content. Much of that content is protected by copyright laws.

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Anti-Piracy Veteran Tim Kuik Retires After Leading BREIN for a Quarter Century

TorrentFreak

Anti-Piracy Veteran Retires Earlier this month, Tim Kuik informed TorrentFreak that he’s retiring, passing on the baton to BREIN’s new director Bastiaan van Ramshorst. “The best [achievement] is the CJEU ruling that The Pirate Bay is a copyright-infringing service. And that, in turn.

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Social Media Giants and Copyright: Instagramโ€™s Ninth Circuit Win Sets Precedent Against Photographers

The IP Law Blog

By: Weintraub Tobin Summer Associate Josh Concepcion The Ninth Circuit recently revisited the issue of โ€œembeddingโ€ content by a website and its implication for copyright infringement claims. the website displaying that copyrighted image cannot be held liable for infringement.

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Navigating the Global Intellectual Property Landscape: Key Treaties and Agreements

IIPRD

3] Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, 1887 โ€˜The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Worksโ€™, formed on September 9, 1886, is the earliest international treaty on copyrights. [4]