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Court Dismisses Authors’ Copyright Infringement Claims Against OpenAI

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Authors Sue, OpenAI Responds In a lawsuit filed last June , authors Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad accused OpenAI of direct and vicarious copyright infringement, among other things. The only claim that should be able to survive is direct copyright infringement, but OpenAI said it expects to defeat that at a later stage.

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‘Pirate’ Site nHentai Sued in U.S. Court for Copyright Infringement

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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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Reddit Banned 5,853 Users for Excessive Copyright Infringement Last Year

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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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Newspapers Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement and ‘Fake News’ Hallicunations

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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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RIAA Targets ‘AI Hub’ Discord Users Over Copyright Infringement

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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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Publishers’ Lawsuit Accuses Libgen of “Staggering” Copyright Infringement

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’ They also use online proxy services that conceal their identities while failing to provide any business addresses as contact information. Accordingly, Plaintiffs bring this action for injunctive relief and damages to stop and seek redress for Defendants’ knowing and willful copyright infringement.” 101 et seq.)

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Newspapers Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement and ‘Fake News’ Hallucinations

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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.