TorrentFreak

AUGUST 25, 2022

GitHub is no stranger to copyright complaints. 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. Movies and Series Scraper. Stolen Code.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The total number of countries examined in the report is now 25, excluding only Poland and Bulgaria – the first of which has not yet implemented the Directive and the second of which only implemented it after the work on updating the study had begun. By contrast, the Dutch implementation (as reported by the national expert Prof.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

It is a common practice to make copies of deteriorating or far away cultural heritage. As of 2022, it is not even a new idea to use digital methods to copy heritage, considering that the mass digitisation of cultural heritage, especially books, started more than two decades ago. Photo by awsloley via Pixabay.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

1: Ex-White House Photographer Sued for Copyright Over His Own Photo: ‘You Can’t Make This Up’. First off today, Bevan Hurley at The Independent reports that former White House photographer Pete Souza says that he is facing legal threats over his use of a photograph he took on his own website. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 17, 2024

This applies to photographers, artists, music companies, journalists, and authors, some of whom formed groups to file copyright infringement lawsuits to protect their rights. Authors sued NVIDIA Earlier this year, several authors sued NVIDIA over alleged copyright infringement. The authors clearly have a different take.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

1: Government Pauses Plans to Rewrite UK Copyright Laws After Authors Protest. The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books. Without this rule, many authors fear the UK market would be flooded with cheaper international copies. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Copyright holders are not happy with the unauthorized distribution of their content. Rightsholder Targets nHentai California company PCR Distributing is one of the affected copyright holders. Last October, attorneys for the alleged pirate site offered to confidentially settle all copyright infringement claims with PCR.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 5, 2024

Every day, millions of people break the law; by posting copyrighted images, music, and videos on social media, for example. For most of these people, copyright is merely an afterthought, not a real concern. Especially when snippets of copyrighted content are posted to a small audience, the chances of being noticed are small.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

At the end of 2021, YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 (“Report”) was published. It is interesting to look at this Report against the background of the 2019 EU rules for the liability of platforms like YouTube through the famous Art. It is the first ever report by YouTube on copyright actions.

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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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Intepat

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In today’s world, copyright laws are essential for protecting creative works like books. For business owners, publishers, and sellers, understanding copyright can prevent legal issues and ensure fair use of content. Copyright grants the author or creator exclusive rights to use, distribute, and sell their work. Make copies.

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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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TorrentFreak

JUNE 24, 2024

Two Targets, Two Lawsuits The RIAA announced not one, but two copyright infringement lawsuits on Monday, filed against two of the most impressive services in the generative AI music market. “[Which] was telling, the labels write, “because fair use only arises as a defense to an otherwise unauthorized use of a copyrighted work.”

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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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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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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. In addition, ChatGPT can recall large parts of their copyright-protected articles, which effectively bypasses their paywalls. The plaintiffs show that ChatGPT can reproduce content from copyrighted news articles when prompted.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 27, 2024

The company published its latest quarterly results last week, reporting $26 billion in revenue; a 340% increase compared to two years ago. NVIDIA Faces Copyright Infringement Claims Earlier this year, several authors sued NVIDIA over alleged copyright infringement. Copyright Act,” the company writes.

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The IPKat

MARCH 4, 2024

This time, Katfriend Spyridon Sipetas (Stockholm University) tells the story of a collaboration – the one between Jacquemus and Nike – that has been already plagued with accusations of copying. Here’s what Spyridon writes: Jacquemus x Nike Swoosh Bag: ‘Just Copy It’ or re-appropriation of Nike’s own trade mark?

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 6, 2024

These include Mod Chips and the “MIG Switch,” a memory card that allows people to play pirated copies of Nintendo Switch games on authentic consoles. “Defendant not only offers the hardware and firmware to create and play pirated games, but he also provides his customers with copies of pirated Nintendo games,” the complaint reads.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 31, 2024

Copyrighted materials are the fuel for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, but misunderstandings persist about how copyright applies to the use of content as training material for AI models. Let’s explore some common assumptions about copyright and AI and address several widely held misunderstandings on the subject.

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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.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. In addition, ChatGPT can recall large parts of their copyright-protected articles, which effectively bypasses their paywalls. The plaintiffs show that ChatGPT can reproduce content from copyrighted news articles when prompted.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 16, 2024

Some of these sites have been repeatedly reported by FAPAV to AGCOM and blocked by the Authority. Most of the pages mentioned in the petition have already been reported to AGCOM in petition DDA/5427. The same web pages often include directions on how to change DNS or use VPNs to obviate the blocking of some sites by Internet providers.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 30, 2023

Three US cases were brought claiming that the song Thinking Out Loud performed by Ed Sheeran, copied Let’s Get It On performed by Marvin Gaye. Both parties submitted expert musicologist reports. Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud had been created independently and therefore did not infringe the copyright of Let’s Get It On.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The case pits Sheeran against Structured Asset Sales, a company that owns a one-third stake in the copyrights of Ed Townsend. Sheeran’s attorneys argued the elements that were allegedly copied, namely a chord progression and the harmonic rhythm, were both commonplace in music and not protectable by copyright.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2024

The USTR’s report aims to motivate governments and various players in the private sector to take appropriate action, wherever that’s possible, to disrupt and limit infringement. reappeared in the report last year. As expected, the most-visited torrent site on the internet also appears in this year’s report.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 7, 2024

Last Thursday, June 27, 2024, the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its largest shareholder, Microsoft, in the U.S. The lawsuit accuses the tech giants of using CIR’s copyrighted material without authorization. This free rider behaviour is not only unfair, it is a violation of copyright.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Kat cloud Does the private copying exception and, with it, the fair compensation requirement under Article 5(2)(b) of the InfoSoc Directive apply to reproductions carried out by using cloud-based recording services? In Austro-Mechana , the question is once again one of private copying in the cloud.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 4, 2022

Despite a reported development and marketing budget in excess of $100m, Genshin Impact is free to play but is monetized via gacha game mechanics. 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.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 7, 2023

A few years ago copyright holders paid little attention to these discussions. In 2017, the site removed ‘just’ 4,352 pieces of content in response to copyright holders’ complaints. User access requests, which allow users to ask for a copy of their account information, skyrocketed in the first half of 2023.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union ( DG TAXUD ) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office ( EUIPO ) recently released the first joint annual report on EU enforcement of intellectual property rights: results at the EU border and in the EU internal market 2020.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 29, 2024

Photo by ThisisEngineering on Unsplash In November 2024, the CJEU cast light on the right to fair compensation under the private copying exception harmonised by Article 5(2)(b) InfoSoc Directive and the thorny issue of whether broadcasters are entitled to it. This post considers this judgment. There is more to this judgment, however.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2022

At TorrentFreak we do our best to keep readers updated on the latest copyright and piracy news, highlighting issues from different points of view. We report on the opinions and efforts of copyright holders when it comes to online piracy and have active dialogues with anti-piracy outfits.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As these technologies continue to gain traction, pending lawsuits and legal uncertainty around the globe highlight the need to respect copyright law while leveraging the power of AI. Generative AI systems are strengthened by reliance on high quality, responsibly sourced training materials, including copyrighted works.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 17, 2022

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? Or perhaps AI can infringe copyrights held by others? Unauthorized Copies and Derivatives. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This post looks back at the key developments in AI and copyright in 2022, covering generative AI, text and data mining exceptions, the pastiche exception, deep fakes, voice cloning and infringement and enforcement of copyright using AI. Very few jurisdictions expressly provide for copyright in computer-generated works.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 1, 2023

s Information Seeking and Consumption Study, commissioned by CCC, is that executives share the most content and have the highest likelihood of copyright infringement. Downloading content through any tool makes a new copy of that content – and copying often requires permission. However, an intriguing insight from Outsell Inc.’s

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