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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.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 25, 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. IA’s library is operated by a non-profit organization that scans physical books and then lends the digital copies to patrons in an ebook format.
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TorrentFreak
MAY 10, 2024
While Nealy was doing time, his former partner licensed the Music Specialist catalog to Warner Chappell. That release sold millions of copies reaching the Billboard chart’s top ten. In response, he filed a lawsuit against Warner Chappell in 2018, demanding compensation for the alleged copyright infringements, dating back to 2008.
TorrentFreak
OCTOBER 4, 2023
In an apparent attempt to stop widespread copyright infringement, the service announced that it would ban servers hosted at Hetzner, as these are frequently linked to terms of service violations. Plex never confirmed that copyright infringement concerns were behind this decision, but that would be the most logical explanation.
IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 10, 2024
In a landmark judgment with far reaching ramifications, a German court recently held that the copying of images by Large-scale Artificial Intelligence Open Network (LAION) - a nonprofit organization that provides datasets, tools and models to liberate machine learning research – did not infringe copyright law. The Kneschke v.
TorrentFreak
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
The Internet Archive is widely known for its Wayback Machine, which preserves copies of the web for future generations. Several record labels including Sony and UMG, sued the Internet Archive for copyright infringement in Manhattan federal court last year. The Great 78 Project is illegal,” they state.
The IP Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Many find it surprising, but there is no requirement to include a copyright notice on a work for the work to be protected by copyright law. The lack of a copyright notice does not give you permission to use the work. Copyright infringement occurs when a person or company uses another’s copyrighted work without permission.
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