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

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. Nexon says that it needs this information to protect its copyrights.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 25, 2022

However, there are also instances where developers see copies of their own content elsewhere on Github, placed there by others without permission. What’s clear, however, is that he understands the concept of copyright infringement. These takedowns can target all sorts of content. The App in Action ( image:via ).

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 5, 2022

This includes some that are labeled as pirate sites or otherwise find themselves accused of copyright infringement. While Leaseweb has information on these customers, Rosen notes that they provided “obviously fake names and addresses” to the hosting company. This hasn’t gone unnoticed.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Southern District of New York Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that the plaintiffs failed to show any concrete harm caused by OpenAI’s alleged removal of copyright management information from their articles, which they claim were then used to train ChatGPT’s language model. Concrete Harm and AI Copyright Cases: A High Bar?

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

“Defendants operate one of the largest, most notorious, and far-reaching infringement operations in the world. ’ They also use online proxy services that conceal their identities while failing to provide any business addresses as contact information. while runner-up India accounts for 7.9%.

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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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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

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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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

There’s a wide variety of information available, including voice models of major musicians such as Bruno Mars, Frank Sinatra, Rihanna, and Stevie Wonder. All of this information can be used to make homebrew AI tracks that mimic the sound of one’s favorite artists. Discord has not contacted us as of yet,” tea says.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Over the past several years, a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits has targeted alleged cheaters and cheat makers. Two years ago, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing AimJunkies of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 31, 2024

“Between January 2023 and February 2024, the men transcribed detailed information about the entire story, including the names of characters, lines, actions, scenes, and scene developments depicted in the film Godzilla 1.0 ,” CODA reveals. ” From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 4, 2022

This is the type of behavior that has attracted copyright infringement lawsuits in the past but in this case, the makers of Genshin XYZ are using copyright law to prevent piracy of their product. However, Github wasn’t convinced that the crack ‘pirate’ committed any offenses in that respect.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2022

Triller responded, informing the court that it was working behind the scenes and had been able to discover the “true identity” of those behind FilmDaily. All other entities were dismissed from the case, leaving FilmDaily.co as the sole defendant. So it filed yet another lawsuit ( pdf ) , this time against FilmDaily.co

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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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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The company tried to obtain a DMCA subpoena requiring Cloudflare to hand over all identifying information it has on the site’s operators. DMCA subpoenas have proven to be an effective legal tool to gather information. In this case, however, nHentai’s operators decided to intervene, asking the court to quash the subpoena.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Ross Intelligence Inc will provide guidance for similar AI training/copyright infringement cases and, as a bonus, it provides a bit of clarity (or muddies the waters… depending on your point of view) in the application of a post-Warhol fair use defense. These are the basic facts underlying this lawsuit.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 3, 2025

because the manga publisher requests information from third-party intermediaries such as Cloudflare, PayPal, Visa, and Google. Not much later, these domains also showed up in a separate request in a California federal court, where Google, Visa, and PayPal were asked to provide information on the alleged operators. net website.

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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. First, the Canadian claims are much narrower than those found in other lawsuits such as the NY Times case.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As part of their series The Facebook Files , which is an examination of leaked internal documents from the company, the paper published a scathing review of the company’s practices surrounding copied content. This was in part because the company feared running afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Bottom Line.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2022

Given that the production of today’s videogames requires the involvement of a large number of people, preventing all information leaks is an impossible task. After being uploaded in the preceding days, on April 26 the company filed a complaint at YouTube alleging copyright infringement. Aside from generating more than 4.6

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 24, 2025

In the press release, NSK mentions that the 48-year-old illegally copied content from three streaming services, specializing in Danish children’s series, including dubbed ones. The police further mentioned that the defendant had 134 terabytes of copyrighted material in his possession, strongly suggesting he was not a minor player.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2024

She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Image from here Hachette Book Group v Internet Archive: Archiving Access to Information or Strengthening Copyright Laws? Firstly, the FDL did not entail any criticism, commentary or information about the original books.

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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 7, 2024

. “Where IFPI needs to obtain the customer’s contact information, Cloudflare will only disclose these details following a subpoena or court order – i.e. these disclosures are mandated by law and are not an example of the service’s goodwill or a policy or measures intended to assist IP rights holders,” IFPI wrote.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

These accounts were previously targeted in copyright notices sent by the RIAA or a third party. The music labels could use this information to gather further evidence to support their allegations. The subscribers will be informed about the forthcoming disclosure of their personal details and any objections will be heard by the court.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 7, 2021

That, in turn, prompted a counterclaim by Dorland for copyright infringement. The Letter: Doorland accuses Larson of copying her donor letter and including significant portions of it, in particular in early versions of the story. Inspiration is one thing, but copying and rewriting exact words is another.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2025

The study concludes with recommendations on how to ensure a check on copyright infringement, with a focus on a few popular social media networking apps, like Facebook and YouTube. INTRODUCTION Social media networking sites have grown significantly in the last few years, enabling users to exchange information with just a single click.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 23, 2024

Music lawyer Tamera Bennett and TV lawyer Gordon Firemark discuss: Was “Over The Rainbow” copied; Was the script of “The Holdovers” copied; This month a “loyalty certificate” is original enough for copyright protection compared to the case we discussed in Episode 165; Legal strategies are shifting in AI cases toward removal of copyright management (..)

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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!

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 31, 2022

1: Sony Music sues Triller Claiming Copyright Infringement, Alleging it is Owed Millions. Fashion Nova is seeking damages related to the alleged infringement, as well as an injunction to prevent future infringement. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

There are dozens of recognizable brands in the illegal streaming market, all jostling for position in a chaotic market where trademarks are copied even more readily than movies or live TV streams. The end result is a stream of pirates prosecuted for copyright infringement or fraud repeatedly hitting the headlines.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 29, 2021

According to Strike 3 the man pirated 54 movies and through discovery it requested permission to inspect a copy of his hard drive and cloud hosting accounts for evidence. While the hard drive and cloud hosting accounts may offer important evidence, they could also expose sensitive personal information. Not Proportional.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 16, 2021

As one delves deeper into the allegations, it becomes clear that it isn’t just a case of a writer with a heavy hand for copy and paste, but a broader ethical breakdown that represents a years-long failing on Mikkelson’s part. To make matters even worse, Mikkelson’s bad behavior isn’t just connected to plagiarism.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 3, 2022

It involved several pieces of information that were exclusive to his work, several passages that he felt were paraphrased or repeated nearly verbatim from his book, and other details. However, as Katz pointed out, some of the information shared was not located in any of those documents.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2024

The organization literally archives key parts of the Internet, copying older versions of websites to preserve them for future generations. This information becomes more and more valuable as time passes by. Each copy can only be loaned to one person at a time, to mimic the lending attributes of physical books.

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