IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and a number of Tony, Grammy and Peabody award winners are the latest to sue OpenAI for copyright infringement based on the way it trains its popular chatbot, ChatGPT. In July, comedian Sarah Silverman and authors Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey brought a similar suit against OpenAI.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In an early test of the interplay between artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright law, the US District Court for the Northern District of California recently allowed a copyright infringement claim to proceed against an AI developer that used an artist’s works without authorization to train a machine learning model.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Yesterday, news broke that Pearson Education, the largest publisher of textbooks in the world, has filed a lawsuit against the website Chegg alleging widespread copyright infringement of its content on the site. As a result, Pearson is suing Chegg alleging copyright infringement. The post Understanding the Pearson v.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

That was the thought that flashed into my head when the University of Toronto (U of T) announced that it was suing Easy Group, a Toronto based tutorial service catering mainly to international students, for copyright infringement. U of T Sues Tutorial Service for Copyright Infringement After Ripping Off Authors for the Past Decade?"

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Over the years, various parties have called out Twitter/X over alleged copyright infringement. In a complaint filed at the District Court of Munich, Germany, SUISA now accuses X of widespread copyright infringement. Mass Copyright Infringement Lawsuit The German lawsuit isn’t the first music lawsuit faced by X.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. OpenAI and Microsoft have previously argued that the use of copyrighted works to train its models falls under fair use. In addition, they called out the lack of specific copyright infringements by third parties.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2024

This week in Other Barks and Bites: WIPO releases a study that finds intangible investment is growing rapidly in part due to IP; the Center for Investigative Reporting files a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft; and the RIAA files a lawsuit against AI music-generating platforms for mass copyright infringement.

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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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TorrentFreak

MAY 26, 2024

In addition, it refuted the copyright infringement allegations; these lacked substance because some of the referenced copyrights were registered well after the cheats were first made available, AimJunkies said. history where a cheat seller was found liable for copyright infringement. This is the first trial in U.S.

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Barry Sookman

JANUARY 3, 2024

… The post Resolving GenAI copyright infringement questions: 4 court decisions appeared first on Barry Sookman.

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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.

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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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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. OpenAI and Microsoft have previously argued that the use of copyrighted works to train its models falls under fair use. In addition, they called out the lack of specific copyright infringements by third parties.

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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. Mass Copyright Infringement or Fair Use? Not all rightsholders are happy with IA’s scanning and lending activities.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 14, 2024

The Supreme Court held that copyright owners who file a timely claim may obtain damages no matter when the copyright infringement occurred. By: Jones Day

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 30, 2024

The Guangzhou Internet Court issued the first ruling involving the liability of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) companies for copyright infringement. These special courts have jurisdiction over online copyright infringement cases. China has three internet courts in Beijing, Hangzhou, and Guangzhou.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 1, 2023

Execute the Task in the Public Create any cinematic production in homage to the work Make an adaption of the text by translating it Copyright Infringement Unauthorized use of a work protected by copyright is copyright infringement. Without the copyright holder’s permission, someone reproduces his work.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The Prosecutor’s Office and the National Police intervened several commercial premises to carry out forfeiture proceedings for the crime of copyright infringement, as several commercial premises were allegedly buying and selling duplicate books or illegal copies of them.

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IPilogue

MAY 4, 2022

It used to be that occasionally we would hear in the news that some artist is suing some other artist for infringing their song. You may remember the big music copyright infringement case of 2012 , where Robin Thicke was sued by Marvin Gaye over claims that Thicke’s hit song “Blurred Lines” infringed on Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up”.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 5, 2024

This technological progress also raises complex legal questions, especially regarding copyright infringement and the standard for awarding statutory damages for copying photographs from the internet without. Particularly in the realm of photography and visual content, AI is revolutionizing how images are created, shared, and consumed.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Some allegdly-infringed works (full list below) “Without Court intervention, Defendants will continue operating the Libgen Sites, causing still further harm to copyright holders, including Plaintiffs. Copyright Infringement (17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.)

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We know them from pursuing many copyright infringement cases dealing with all kinds of photograpy. According to their website they are an IP enforcement law firm that helps artists protect their content. They list offices in New York, Los Angeles, Boca Raton, Florida, and Nashville, Tennessee.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 17, 2024

The recent decision permits recovery of all damages in “timely filed” copyright infringement actions regardless of when the infringement occurred. The decision does not, however, answer the critical question of when an action is timely filed. By: Benesch

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Copyright Alliance

JUNE 22, 2021

There are many differences between plagiarism and copyright infringement, yet it can be easy to confuse these concepts. While both plagiarism and copyright infringement can be characterized as the improper […].

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

However, with the convenience of streaming music through these digital platforms, the music industry has also had to deal with a wide range of copyright issues, including online copyright infringement. Spotify has encountered its fair share of copyright infringement lawsuits filed by music artists, record labels, and publishers.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 28, 2024

Warner Chappell Music (argued before the Court in February of this year) promises to shed light on this matter, grappling with the question of how far back a plaintiff can seek damages in a copyright infringement case. This pivotal legal battle has significant implications for copyright holders, defendants, and the.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 30, 2024

We recently posted about the Jobiak case which raises the interesting question of whether scraping an AI-generated database of job listings constitutes copyright infringement (among other claims). Plaintiff has submitted its opposition, in which it raises the substantive arguments to the copyright claim set forth below.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

It also raises important questions about Cloudflare’s liability for contributory copyright infringement when it knowingly allows infringing content to remain on its cache servers. This saves on bandwidth costs, improves security, and decreases page load times.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 1, 2023

On the heels of a class action lawsuit filed by visual artists against Stability AI and others, alleging copyright infringement by image-generating web sites, Getty Images (US) Inc. has filed its own lawsuit against Stability AI. Getty filed its lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. By: Amundsen Davis LLC

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 18, 2023

The legal action was triggered by a complaint from game publisher Nexon , which accused its rival of copyright infringement and stealing trade secrets. The complaint (pdf) The 55-page complaint accuses Ironmace of copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets. Similar Monsters?

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The IPKat

AUGUST 30, 2023

Additional cases were filed over the same songs by Structured Asset Sales, a company owned by investment banker David Pullman that is a beneficial owner of one-third of the copyright in the Townsend catalogue. 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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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 18, 2022

Axel Springer Claims Adblocking is Copyright Infringement. ” In other words, AdBlock Plus breaches copyright law. Nevertheless, Springer pressed ahead with its legal action, claiming that by interfering with website delivery to viewers, that constituted copyright infringement and was worthy of an injunction.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 10, 2023

DMCA Notices and Takedowns Increase The number is significant, especially when taking into account that it doesn’t include copyright-related complaints. Reddit’s responses to DMCA takedown notices and the site’s handling of excessive copyright infringement are listed separately in the “legal removals” section.

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Patently-O

JULY 25, 2022

Bynum sued for copyright infringement. That case held that sovereign immunity protected states from copyright infringement liability despite direct Congressional statements otherwise. Although a state might not be liable under a copyright infringement theory, it may still be liable for a Fourteenth Amendment taking.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 20, 2023

Image from here A couple of weeks ago, I discussed a law student in Bengaluru filed a case, alleging copyright infringement, against two assistant professors. On the above allegations, the court took cognizance of the offense u/s 63 of the Copyright Act (copyright infringement) and Section 420 of the IPC (Cheating).

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

However, in 2022, the Sheeran found himself engaged in another copyright infringement litigation over the said song. This time around, the singer was accused of infringing a 2015 song named “Oh Why” sung by Sami Chokri. The post Ed Sheeran’s Copyright Infringement Battles appeared first on Biswajit Sarkar Blog.

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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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