Barry Sookman

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

11, 2025) examined three essential questions, 1) were the Westlaw headnotes and key number system taxonomy protected by copyright, 2) did Rosss copying of the headnotes to create legal memos used to train Rosss AI system infringe copyright, subject to the defense of fair use, and 3) was Ross copying fair use.…

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

However, even if the subpoena is quashed, nHentai’s legal issues are far from over, as PCR has just filed a full-blown copyright infringement lawsuit. Last October, attorneys for the alleged pirate site offered to confidentially settle all copyright infringement claims with PCR.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 10, 2024

That release sold millions of copies reaching the Billboard chart’s top ten. Nealy sues over ‘dated’ copyright infringements The underlying deal didn’t benefit Nealy, who found out about it after he was released from prison for the second time. According to U.S.

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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

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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

DistroKid defends against the direct copyright infringement claim using the volitional conduct argument. White must still identify the volitional conduct that causes the copy to be made in order to determine the author of an allegedly infringing instance of reproduction. This may all sound intuitive.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 7, 2025

Robinson alleges that Binello uploaded Robinson’s recording of Maple Leaf Rag for use in MeepCity without Robinson’s knowledge or permission and that Roblox employees reviewed and approved the uploaded audio file, created a copy, assigned it a unique asset ID, and stored the copy on the Roblox server.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

A class-action lawsuit filed by authors including Richard Kadrey, Sarah Silverman, and Christopher Golden is one such copyright infringement case. “By downloading through the bit torrent protocol, Meta knew it was facilitating further copyright infringement by acting as a distribution point for other users of pirated books.”

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house, with technical restrictions that prevent copying.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 15, 2023

‘Breeding Mass Copyright Infringement’ Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI and others filed a complaint at a federal court in Nashville, Tennessee, accusing Twitter’s parent company X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. copyright law.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 21, 2024

In the Internet era, every firm has a risk of copyright infringement. Employees copy and paste photos from the internet or embed social media posts to the company’s website or into a press release or news article. Images stored on the company server are renamed, and the scope of rights are no longer ascertainable.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

“Defendants operate one of the largest, most notorious, and far-reaching infringement operations in the world. “This collection consists of over 6 million files that include illegal copies of works from a diverse cross-section of the publishing industry. Copyright Infringement (17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.)

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Under the agreement, Internet providers will voluntarily block sites that are deemed to be copyright infringing; no court order needed. MPA Complaint Results in First Blockades In March, the MPA was the first rightsholder representative to file a copyright infringement complaint under the new administrative site blocking rules.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2025

At the same time, however, the company denied the copyright infringement allegations, noting that it would rely on a fair use defense, at least in part. In this case, however, Meta is also accused of uploading copyrighted content to third parties. Meta admitted the use of these unofficial sources early on.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. “On information and belief, Microsoft and OpenAI are currently or will imminently commence making additional copies of the Publishers’ Works to train and/or fine-tune the next generation GPT-5 LLM,” the complaint adds.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. “On information and belief, Microsoft and OpenAI are currently or will imminently commence making additional copies of the Publishers’ Works to train and/or fine-tune the next generation GPT-5 LLM,” the complaint adds.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 11, 2025

At the same time, however, the company denied the copyright infringement allegations, noting that it would rely on a fair use defense, at least in part. CMI is information that is included in a copyrighted work, which among other things can identify the copyright owner.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Over the past several years, a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits has targeted alleged cheaters and cheat makers. In July, the game company submitted motions for summary judgment to resolve the copyright infringement dispute before trial. Instead, a jury would have to decide.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Sheeran affirming the Southern District of New York’s dismissal of copyright infringement claims filed against British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran over his 2014 single “Thinking Out Loud.” Late last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a ruling in Structured Asset Sales, LLC v.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 26, 2025

Nearly a decade ago, the US Navy was sued for mass copyright infringement and accused of causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Court of Federal Claims in 2016, the German company accused the US Navy of mass copyright infringement and demanded damages for the alleged unauthorized use. Government disagreed.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The authors accused these services of sharing pirated copies of their book “5000 Integrated Circuits Power Audio Amplifiers” When the authors sent Cloudflare a takedown notice, the company responded that it doesn’t host any content for doku.pub, clarifying that it operates as a ‘pass-though’ CDN provider.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 16, 2021

The lawsuit alleges that the 2005 Nickelback hit Rockstar is a copyright infringement of his 2001 song Rock Star. According to the lawsuit, Johnston made 15 copies of a master tape of his recording and sent it to various record labels, including Roadrunner. Finally today, Michael S.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

First off today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that the team behind the H3 Podcast has asked for the lawsuit against them to be dismissed, saying that the lawsuit is incorrect as a matter of law as they did not commit any copyright infringement. 2: Discovery Extension Requested in Internet Archive Book Scanning Suit.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 8, 2022

1: Photographer Sues Leaseweb for Hosting ‘Copyright Infringing’ Sites. First off today, Ernesto Van der Sar reports that a photographer has filed a lawsuit against the hosting company Leaseweb, claiming that the company has ignored copyright infringements taking place on its network.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Aldi was sued for copyright infringement of an artwork that appeared on the packaging of childrens snacks under the BABY BELLIES, LITTLE BELLIES and MIGHTY BELLIES brands, each aimed at different age groups. The reproduced elements did not constitute a substantial part and therefore did not amount to copyright infringement.

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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. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In a recent decision ( Case 1:20-cv-00613, ECF 770 ) on the use of copyrighted texts for AI (but not generative AI) training, the Delaware District Court (the Court) held that a fair use defence was unsuccessful on a summary judgment motion for copyright infringement. The Court did not apply its analysis to all c.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances”. This legal requirement remained largely unenforced for nearly two decades but a series of copyright infringement liability lawsuits, with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, have shaken up the industry.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

1: Miramax Hits Tarantino With Copyright Suit on ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs. First off today, Samantha Handler at Bloomberg Law reports that the film studio Mirimax has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against director Quentin Tarantino over Tarantino’s plans to release of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) related to the film Pulp Fiction.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2022

2: UK Judge Delivers Mixed Ruling on Copyright Infringement in the Famous Love Story that Inspired Doctor Zhivago. A judge in the case has ruled that, while the order and selection of events can be protected by copyright, that TSWK did not copy those elements from Lara and, instead, took them from primary sources.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 23, 2022

Mange, who has nearly 4 million followers, pointed out the copying in a video comparing the two works. This kicked off a firestorm of controversy in China, with Audi, M&C and Lau all apologizing for the copying. All these systems are remarkable feats of technology and have helped shape our understanding of copying.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This week, EUIPO released another in-depth piracy report titled “Online Copyright Infringement in the European Union.” — A copy of the “Online Copyright Infringement in the European union title-level study: Film, Music, Publications, Software and TV (2017-2023)” report, is available here (pdf).

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 25, 2022

1: Dan + Shay, Justin Bieber Sued for ‘10,000 Hours’ Copyright Infringement. First off today, Mathew Lemkuehler at The Tennessean reports that a new lawsuit claims the song 10,000 Hours , performed by Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber, is a copyright infringement of an earlier work.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Central to her ruling was the conclusion that the plaintiffs hadn’t claimed that ChatGPT disseminated a copy of their works in response to any user query. Concrete Harm and AI Copyright Cases: A High Bar? In the meantime, here’s a copy of Raw Story Media, Inc. appeared first on Copyright Lately. OpenAI, Inc.—hopefully

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

1: Spike Lee, Nate Parker Sued by Indie Filmmakers Over Copyright Infringement. First off today, Diane Haithman at TheWrap reports that filmmakers Spike Lee and Nate Parker have been sued for copyright infringement over allegations that their 2019 Film American Skin is an infringement of an earlier screenplay.

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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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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 15, 2024

law, rightsholders have an option to identify alleged copyright infringers, without directly having to file a lawsuit. Specifically, they allow rightsholders to obtain the personal details of anonymous alleged infringers through third-party service providers. Instead, they can request a DMCA subpoena.

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