Copyright, Copyright Infringement and Fair Use

Judge Rules Against Fair Use Defense for AI Company

Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

It's the first major AI fair use decision. The post Judge Rules Against Fair Use Defense for AI Company appeared first on Plagiarism Today. A judge has ruled against Ross Intelligence, an AI company, in their case against Thomson Reuters.

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Understanding the Pearson v. Chegg Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

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. Questions, Answers and Copyright.

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Internet Archive: Digital Lending is Fair Use, Not Copyright Infringement

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? The library argues that the court erred by rejecting its fair use defense.

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Kanye West Faces A Copyright Infringement Lawsuit: Is “Fair Use” Fair?

IPilogue

MAY 26, 2022

Moten, a Texas pastor, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against rapper Kanye West for incorporating a sample recording of his religious sermon into one of his songs. To incorporate a sound recording into a new musical work, artists must obtain “clearance” or permission from the copyright holder. Both suits were settled.

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First of Its Kind Decision Finds AI Training Is Not Fair Use

Copyright Alliance

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

District Court of Delaware issued an opinion in a long-running AI copyright infringement case, rejecting the defendants fair use defense and finding […] The post First of Its Kind Decision Finds AI Training Is Not Fair Use appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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Internet Archive is Liable for Copyright Infringement, Court Rules

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. Fair Use or Mass Copyright Infringement? IA’s fair use defense and summary judgment in its favor was denied.

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Copyright Fair Use for Education

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. Understanding legal and fair use is especially important in academic settings because dissemination of information often requires the use of evidence.

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South Africa Rejects Copyright Lobby Critique, Defends Broad ‘Fair Use’ Exceptions

TorrentFreak

JULY 27, 2024

The American copyright industry is one of the country’s primary exports, generating billions of dollars in annual revenue. To protect the interests of these businesses around the world, copyright holder groups can count on help from the U.S. to use it as a basis for sanctions. companies are among the global market leaders.

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What Is Accidental Copyright Infringement. 2024 Update

Traverse Legal Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The infringer owes at a minimum a reasonable royalty to the copyright holder. Enrico Schaefer, Copyright & Litigation Attorney. What Is Accidental Copyright Infringement. 2024 Update) Accidental copyright infringement occurs when someone unknowingly violates copyright law.

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Authors: OpenAI’s Fair Use Argument in Copyright Dispute is Misplaced

TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The new technology also brings up novel copyright issues. For example, several rightsholders are worried that their work is being used to train and exploit AI without any form of compensation. The only claim that wasn’t contested by OpenAI is direct copyright infringement, which the company plans to address at a later stage.

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Fair Use Copyright Copyright Infringement Derivative Work

DMCA Subpoena to Unmask Twitter User Hits Fair Use & Constitutional Roadblock

TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2022

Soon after and in mysterious circumstances, copyright law entered the equation. On October 29, 2020, a business entity called Bayside Advisory LLC contacted Twitter stating that since it owns the copyrights in the six photos, they should be taken down under the DMCA. DMCA Takedowns Followed by DMCA Subpoena.

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Tips for Avoiding Copyright Infringement

The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Copyright protection automatically attaches to a work when it is created. Specifically, copyright protection attaches to the original, creative work when it is fixed in a tangible medium, such as when it is written, drawn, recorded digitally, or typed electronically. Posting copyrighted images or photos on your website or social media.

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Paramount Files Case with the Copyright Claims Board

Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

1A few weeks ago, we took a look at the first 100 cases filed with the Copyright Claims Board (CCB), the recently launched copyright small claims court in the United States. The majority of cases were self-represented, a plurality of them involved photographic/visual works, and most dealt with infringements that were ongoing.

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NVIDIA Denies Copyright Infringement Claims in Authors’ AI Lawsuit

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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Delaware court finds fair use defence unsuccessful in AI training copyright motion

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In a recent decision ( Case 1:20-cv-00613, ECF 770 ) on the use of copyrighted texts for AI (but not generative AI) training, the Delaware District Court (the Court) held that a fair use defence was unsuccessful on a summary judgment motion for copyright infringement.

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OpenAI Asks Court to Dismiss Authors’ Copyright Infringement Claims

TorrentFreak

AUGUST 29, 2023

From a copyright perspective, AI brings up some interesting questions. For example, can content created by an AI be copyrighted? And can an AI be trained on copyrighted works without limitation? They include vicarious copyright infringement, DMCA violation, unfair competition, “negligence,” and unjust enrichment allegations.

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Tattoos and Copyright: A Potent Combination

Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This prompted Alexander to file a lawsuit against Take-Two, claiming copyright infringement of her work. He called an earlier decision in the case one of the 5 worst copyright decisions in 2020 and, with the jury verdict, called it a loss for bodily autonomy and free speech. Instead, she only won actual damages totaling $3,750.

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Watch Tower vs. McFree: Nonprofit Defends Critic’s Fair Use & Anonymity Rights

TorrentFreak

MARCH 19, 2022

Someone on the internet has breached Watch Tower’s copyrights and, as a result, their true names and addresses should be handed over so that the group can seek remedy for infringement. However, Watch Tower is still pursuing a parallel copyright infringement lawsuit against McFree in another court.

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AI Training Copyright Infringement and Fair Use: Thomson Reuters v Ross

Barry Sookman

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

11, 2025) examined three essential questions, 1) were the Westlaw headnotes and key number system taxonomy protected by copyright, 2) did Rosss copying of the headnotes to create legal memos used to train Rosss AI system infringe copyright, subject to the defense of fair use, and 3) was Ross copying fair use.…

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Court Rejects Fair Use Defense in AI Copyright Case

JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

A federal district court in Delaware has issued the first AI copyright fair use decision on the merits, granting partial summary judgment for copyright owner Thomson Reuters on copyright infringement and rejecting defendant Ross Intelligences fair use defense.

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New UFC Copyright Lawsuit Rejects Fair Use Defense For Documentary Makers

TorrentFreak

AUGUST 20, 2022

What the UFC does have is lots of smart executives, an extraordinarily valuable brand, equally lucrative trademarks, and an extensive copyright-protected back catalog that documents the history of MMA in the United States and beyond. The UFC doesn’t manufacture anything either, at least not in the traditional sense.

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For At Least One AI Developer, Fair-Use Defense Fails Against Copyright Infringement Claims

JD Supra Law

MARCH 6, 2025

As several dozen copyright infringement cases against artificial intelligence (AI) developers continue to proceed through the federal courts, a recent ruling in the District of Delaware suggests that the fair-use defense against claims of copyright infringement may offer less protection than some AI developers expect.

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

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

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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GTA Modders to Court: Our Game Fixes & Enhancements Are Fair Use, Not Piracy

TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The company demanded damages under copyright law claiming that the team “willfully and maliciously” copied, adapted and distributed its source code and other content without permission. Affirmative Defense – Fair Use. The doctrine of fair use bars the relief sought by Plaintiff,” the response adds.

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EFF Assists Critic’s Fair Use Defense Over Kids’ Religious Program ‘Leak’

TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

When he refused to comply with LifeWise’s demands to take the content down, LifeWise responded with a potentially crushing copyright infringement lawsuit. These components unsurprisingly attracted the attention of the EFF, which is now defending Parrish against LifeWise’s copyright infringement allegations.

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Win for Photographer in Ninth Circuit Reversal of Fair Use Finding

IP Watchdog

AUGUST 9, 2022

that reversed a Central District of California’s sua sponte grant of summary judgment to Pub Ocean on McGucken’s copyright infringement claims. The case involved Pub Ocean’s unauthorized use of photos of a lake that formed in Death Valley, California, in March 2019. Pub Ocean Ltd.

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3 Count: Second Bite

Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

1: Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. First off today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that Watch Tower, is pushing ahead with a copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTuber “Kevin McFree” (not his real name) in hopes of revealing the YouTuber’s real name. Watch Tower: So What?

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Transformation or Derivation: Modern Trends in the Fair Use Doctrine from Software to Photography

IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

“Fair Use” is a flexible defense to claims of copyright infringement. It is a doctrine that evolves as technology and the way in which people use copyrighted works advance. Supreme Court ruled on a landmark fair use case involving the “copying” of an Application Programming Interface (API).

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Unpacking Fair Use: A Legal Battle Between Sculptors and Photographers in the NFL

JD Supra Law

MAY 13, 2024

Earlier this year, a rare case of copyright infringement was brought against the National Football League (NFL) and the Detroit Lions over a statue of Hall of Fame player Barry Sanders. The case explores the intersection of the “fair use” doctrine for both sculptors. By: Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

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Battle Between Newspaper Giant and Generative AI Boils Down to Definition of Fair Use

IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The training of artificial intelligence models using copyrighted material continues to stir debate and prompt litigation. In the latest salvo, the New York Times Company sued Microsoft and OpenAI – the creator of ChatGPT – for infringement under the federal Copyright Act.

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3 Count: Grand Theft Mods

Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

1: ‘GTA’ Reverse-Engineer Modders Defend Projects as Under “Fair Use”. First off today, Will Nelson at NME reports that video game modders are fighting back against a lawsuit filed by Rockstar Games claiming that their fan-created mods are a fair use, not a copyright infringement.

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Triller: H3 Podcast Can’t “Steal” Jake Paul Fight Video & Claim Fair Use

TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Triller initially alleged two types of copyright infringement, violations of the Federal Communications Act (FCA), conversion, and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. According to Triller, the “stolen” clip used in the H3 episode contained a piece of information that undermines the defendants’ case.

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AI Training and Copyright Infringement: Lessons from the Ross Intelligence Case

The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Ross Intelligence Inc will provide guidance for similar AI training/copyright infringement cases and, as a bonus, it provides a bit of clarity (or muddies the waters… depending on your point of view) in the application of a post-Warhol fair use defense. The first factor assesses whether the use is ‘transformative.'”.

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GitHub, Copilot and the Copyright Around AI

Plagiarism Today

JULY 8, 2021

She says that text and data mining is not a copyright infringement and that, since an AI cannot produce a copyright-protected work, its output cannot be an infringement. According to the court, Google’s use was transformative enough to be a fair use. Is it so short that its use is a fair use?

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Getty Images Sues Stability AI for Copyright Infringement

The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

According to Getty Images, Stability copied Getty’s photographs with associated text and metadata to train its Stable Diffusion model, which uses AI to generate computer-synthesized images in response to text prompts. According to Getty, this is clear copyright infringement.

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Richard Prince Effectively Settles, Dodging Post-Warhol Fair Use Ruling

IP Watchdog

JANUARY 29, 2024

On Thursday, final judgments were issued in a pair of copyright infringement cases that arose from a now infamous 2014/2015 project New Portraits, where appropriations artist Richard Prince displayed Instagram photos and user comments as a purported commentary on social media and art.

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3 Count: USCO Chimes In

Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 17, 2022

Copyright Office Argues Warhol’s Use of Prince Photo Was Not ‘Fair Use’. The Warhol estate has attempted to argue that the new paintings were highly transformative and should be considered a fair use. 3: Copyright Act Helps Astro to Tackle Illegal TV Boxes, Content Distributors Issue.

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Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. Watch Tower: So What?

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Depending on opinion, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, the supervising body and publisher for the Jehovah’s Witness religious group, either doesn’t like criticism, dislikes copyright infringement, or hates both. ” Fair Use Considerations. Overall then, the first factor weighs in favor of fair use.

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3 Count: Tuesday the Fifth

Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 5, 2021

1: ‘Friday the 13th’ Writer Wins Appeal in Copyright Termination Case. First off today, Brian Welk at The Wrap reports that a judge has granted copyright termination for the film Friday the 13th, allowing both the writer, Victor Miller, from the film’s producer/director, Sean S. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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3 Count: Levitating Lawsuit

Plagiarism Today

MARCH 3, 2022

1: Dua Lipa Sued for Alleged Copyright Infringement Over Hit Single Levitating. First off today, Murray Stassen at Music Business Worldwide reports that musician Dua Lipa has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit that claims her 2020 hit Levitating is an infringement of an earlier song.

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3 Count: Quad 9

Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

1: H3 Podcast Asks Court to Throw Out “Fatally Defective” Triller Copyright Lawsuit. First off today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that the team behind the H3 Podcast has asked for the lawsuit against them to be dismissed, saying that the lawsuit is incorrect as a matter of law as they did not commit any copyright infringement.

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Supreme Court Finds Warhol’s Commercial Licensing of “Orange Prince” to Vanity Fair Is Not Fair Use and Infringes Goldsmith’s Famed Rock Photo

Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] Goldsmith was not paid or credited for this use. 107), “when it conveys a different meaning or message from its source material.”

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3 Count: Server Tested

Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2021

1: Manhattan Judge Rejects ‘Server Test’ for Internet Copyright Infringement. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff has issued a controversial ruling denying the “server test” of copyright law and ruling that embedding images can be an infringement of copyright law. ” As such, Warner Bros.,

Copyright Infringement

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Judge Rules Against Fair Use Defense for AI Company

Understanding the Pearson v. Chegg Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

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Internet Archive: Digital Lending is Fair Use, Not Copyright Infringement

Kanye West Faces A Copyright Infringement Lawsuit: Is “Fair Use” Fair?

First of Its Kind Decision Finds AI Training Is Not Fair Use

Internet Archive is Liable for Copyright Infringement, Court Rules

Copyright Fair Use for Education

South Africa Rejects Copyright Lobby Critique, Defends Broad ‘Fair Use’ Exceptions

What Is Accidental Copyright Infringement. 2024 Update

Authors: OpenAI’s Fair Use Argument in Copyright Dispute is Misplaced

DMCA Subpoena to Unmask Twitter User Hits Fair Use & Constitutional Roadblock

Tips for Avoiding Copyright Infringement

Paramount Files Case with the Copyright Claims Board

NVIDIA Denies Copyright Infringement Claims in Authors’ AI Lawsuit

Delaware court finds fair use defence unsuccessful in AI training copyright motion

OpenAI Asks Court to Dismiss Authors’ Copyright Infringement Claims

Tattoos and Copyright: A Potent Combination

Watch Tower vs. McFree: Nonprofit Defends Critic’s Fair Use & Anonymity Rights

AI Training Copyright Infringement and Fair Use: Thomson Reuters v Ross

Court Rejects Fair Use Defense in AI Copyright Case

New UFC Copyright Lawsuit Rejects Fair Use Defense For Documentary Makers

For At Least One AI Developer, Fair-Use Defense Fails Against Copyright Infringement Claims

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

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

GTA Modders to Court: Our Game Fixes & Enhancements Are Fair Use, Not Piracy

EFF Assists Critic’s Fair Use Defense Over Kids’ Religious Program ‘Leak’

Win for Photographer in Ninth Circuit Reversal of Fair Use Finding

3 Count: Second Bite

Transformation or Derivation: Modern Trends in the Fair Use Doctrine from Software to Photography

Unpacking Fair Use: A Legal Battle Between Sculptors and Photographers in the NFL

Battle Between Newspaper Giant and Generative AI Boils Down to Definition of Fair Use

3 Count: Grand Theft Mods

Triller: H3 Podcast Can’t “Steal” Jake Paul Fight Video & Claim Fair Use

AI Training and Copyright Infringement: Lessons from the Ross Intelligence Case

GitHub, Copilot and the Copyright Around AI

Getty Images Sues Stability AI for Copyright Infringement

Richard Prince Effectively Settles, Dodging Post-Warhol Fair Use Ruling

3 Count: USCO Chimes In

Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. Watch Tower: So What?

3 Count: Tuesday the Fifth

3 Count: Levitating Lawsuit

3 Count: Quad 9

Supreme Court Finds Warhol’s Commercial Licensing of “Orange Prince” to Vanity Fair Is Not Fair Use and Infringes Goldsmith’s Famed Rock Photo

3 Count: Server Tested

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