TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The conclusion of that lawsuit declared that an emulator like Yuzu, that circumvents Nintendo’s technical measures, decrypts Switch games using unauthorized copies of Switch cryptographic keys, allowing games to be played on anything other than a Switch, violates copyright law. And it doesn’t stop there.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Gaming giant sony responded with a copyright infringement lawsuit targeting two companies and a director connected to the Datel products. “The translation, adaptation, arrangement and other adaptation of a computer program” require permission from the copyright holder, the relevant section reads.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2025

Most of these cases allege that AI developers used copyrighted works to train LLMs without first obtaining authorization. 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. Meta admitted the use of these unofficial sources early on.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Gibson, the creator of The Shadow, referred to Batman as a “clowned-up version of The Shadow.”. Through our modern lens, this kind of copying can seem insane. Ethically, this type of copying would be seen as plagiarism and the creators would be treated accordingly, especially given that some of the images were traced.

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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. This left the copyright claim over the unauthorized use of American’s flight symbol logo.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

2: SoundExchange Royalties Dispute with Music Choice to be Referred to Copyright Royalty Board. However, the court disagreed, saying that the Copyright Royalty Board has primary jurisdiction over these issues, and it has oversight in this matter. They are free of copyright. Milne’s book Winnie the Pooh.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 29, 2025

As perhaps all readers are aware by now, the GenAI Copyright litigations have made their presence known in India. As discussed earlier , ANI had filed a copyright lawsuit against Open AI in the Delhi High Court. With that said, as Lee et al point out, Copyright issues can arise at every stage of the supply chain.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 30, 2025

Continuing from his earlier post, where he explained the technical workings of Large Language Models vis-a-vis where different copyright questions arise, in this post Shivam Kaushik argues that LLMS are in effect interacting with non-expressive parts of the works in question. But is all use of the text protected by copyright?

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In some cases, it refers to little more than advanced algorithms, but complex self-learning computer systems with human-like traits are actively being developed as well. From a copyright perspective, AI can bring up some interesting questions. For example, can content created by an AI be copyrighted like any other work?

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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.” These percentages are hard to interpret without a historical reference. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. of the EU population used pirate IPTV services in 2021.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 20, 2022

Since the underlying asset in NFTs is primarily art, disputes in relation to NFTs bring up interesting questions pertaining to copyright law, the answers to which have the potential to shape the evolution and growth of NFTs as a medium to create, distribute and collect art. The Right to Create and Sell NFTs. The reproduction right.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2022

In a case that began amid a number of prominent leaks, followed by a copyright complaint to YouTube, and then more aggressive legal action using the DMCA, we followed the crumbs to find out. Copyright Complaint Targets Just One Video. Riot Games Uses Copyright Law to Unmask Uploader.

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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.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 24, 2025

The Scene refers to the top of the so-called ‘piracy pyramid’ where content is meant to be shared privately. 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.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

carries significant implications for Generative AI and pending Copyright cases worldwide. Thomson Reuters argued that Legal Ease’s questions, incorporated by Ross in machine-readable form, essentially copied its creative headnotes. Ross Intelligence Inc. But, first, Some History!

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Michael Geist

JULY 20, 2022

For much of the past two decades, copyright groups have steadfastly sought to deny what the Supreme Court of Canada has repeatedly endorsed, namely that the purpose of Canadian copyright law is to serve the public interest by balancing users’ and authors’ rights. ” The decision – SOCAN v.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2024

Acuff-Rose sued members of hip hop group 2 Live Crew, claiming that their track “Pretty Woman” infringed the label’s copyright in the Roy Orbison song, “Oh, Pretty Woman.” When he copied and then rebroadcast the news report, that was copyright infringement. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

In a recent chapter, Ryan Abbott and Elizabeth Rothman present the utilitarian argument for granting copyright in AI-generated works (hereafter AIGW). The utilitarian arguments supporting copyright in AIGW are empirically speculative and theoretically dubious. But copyright has beneficial effects too.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2022

Over the past several years a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits have been filed against alleged cheaters or cheat makers. In a complaint filed at a Seattle federal court last June, Bungie accused AimJunkies.com of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things. This includes several copyright infringement allegations.

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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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Majors Publishers File Copyright Complaint Against Libgen According to a copyright lawsuit filed in the U.S. “This collection consists of over 6 million files that include illegal copies of works from a diverse cross-section of the publishing industry. “[T]he Sites undermine the very purpose of U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 28, 2022

1: Supreme Court to Hear Copyright Dispute Over Andy Warhol’s Images of Musician Prince. She licensed the photo to Vanity Fair magazine for use as an artist reference. Million Copyright Lawsuit Over Red Rat’s Song. 3: Renowned Saint Luke’s Cardiologist Sues Epic Systems Over Copyright.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 6, 2024

INTRODUCTION In the world of intellectual property, copyright is an important means of protecting original works of authors. For writers, artists, musicians and other creators in India, knowing how to register their copyrights can be a valuable asset. What is Copyright? Why Should One Register Copyright?

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 5, 2023

The Copyright Claims Board (CCB) has issued its first final decision since it was established by law in December 2020, finding in favor of a photographer who claimed a lawyer infringed his copyright by displaying one of his photographs on his law firm website. Oppenheimer said he discovered his aerial photograph of the Ronald V.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Sterling referred to this as “consensual plagiarism”, meaning that the marketing firm was making these works available for journalists and to use, with or without attribution, on their sites. Staying on the good side of companies is crucial to getting access to review copies and inside information that generates clicks.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

Saregama India Ltd & Anr deliberated upon the intersection of copyright infringement and confidentiality law and held that ideas cannot be copyrighted but can be protected through the application of confidentiality law. Background. Zee Entertainment Enterprises.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

YouTube’s copyright takedown policy poses one of the biggest threats to the platform’s content creators. YouTubers who receive three copyright infringement strikes can easily lose their channels, which for some equates to their livelihood. Unique Copyright Abuse Termination? Targeting Takedown Abuse.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 29, 2025

In this post, I will discuss the last two issues and the two contentions I referred to in the first part. Based on the existing line of cases recognizing transformative use, there is an argument to be made that training a GenAI model is transformative use as the use of the work is done for a different purpose from the copyrighted work.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 9, 2023

To protect copyright holders, YouTube regularly removes, disables, or demonetizes videos that allegedly contain infringing content. While anyone can send a DMCA notice to the platform, most copyright actions come from the Content ID system that can only be used by a select group of copyright holders. ” 99.5%

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TorrentFreak

JULY 4, 2024

That basically allows one party to request evidence from the other, to properly support or refute the copyright infringement claims that form the basis of the lawsuit. OpenAI Seeks NYT ‘Source’ Material In its quest for evidence, OpenAI is particularly interested in the copyrights of the New York Times’ works.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In recent years, adult entertainment outfit Malibu Media has often been described as a copyright-trolling operation. These include misuse of copyright, fair use, unclean hands, and excessive damages. — A copy of John Doe’s first amended answer and counterclaims, filed at a federal court in Texas, is available here (pdf).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

ID Tech believed that Bayam copies too much of its copyrighted website content and pursued a whirlwind of enforcement activity, including filing two lawsuits against Bayam and sending numerous DMCA takedown demands to Shopify. Bayam and ID Tech run rival online jewelry businesses. Both use Shopify as a service provider.

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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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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

With so many IPs available trademarks, patents, copyrights, and more – how can you choose the right one for your work, product, or business? Intellectual Property refers to any intangible asset or property originated from the human intellect. These are governed by the Copyright Act, 1957.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

TLDR Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. In the EU, a crucial legal issue is whether using in-copyright works to train generative AI models is copyright infringement or falls under existing text and data mining (TDM) exceptions in the Copyright in Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2024

Fair use provides some exceptions to copyright protection, allowing limited use of copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner. Copyright Law Copy Right is a legal concept that gives creators exclusive rights over their original works and allows them to control the use and distribution of those works.

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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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