How AI Can Destroy Local Journalism
Hugh Stephens Blog
MARCH 10, 2025
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The Divide in Journalism Over AI
Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
AI is causing a divide in journalism as news organizations work to find boundaries for the use of AI in reporting and licensing their work. The post The Divide in Journalism Over AI appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
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Legal Analysis Of Copyright Issues In YouTube And Other Social Media Content
IP and Legal Filings
JANUARY 2, 2025
ABSTRACT Technology advancements are linked to copyright, which gives authors of original works of literature, music, drama, or art, as well as audio recordings and cinematic films, a legal claim over their creations. Every day, there are several ways that someone’s copyright is violated on social networking sites.
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US Copyright Office Proposes New Collective Registration for News Sites
Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 11, 2024
The United States Copyright Office has proposed a new registration process for news sites. The post US Copyright Office Proposes New Collective Registration for News Sites appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Here's why many should be wary.
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When a Copyright Owner Gets Only a $1,000 Judgment in Federal Court, They’re the Real Losers–McDermott v. KMC
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
McDermott kept the copyright to those photo and granted NY Post a license. McDermott, represented by the Sanders Law Group, sued KMC for copyright infringement. McDermott argued that KMC was sophisticated about copyright law because the person who attached the photo to the bio had a journalism background.
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When the Editor is the Plagiarist
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 3, 2022
The retraction was of a letter written by Paul McCrory and published by the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) in 2005. The issue was made significantly more complicated by the fact that, at the time the letter was published, McCrory was not just a contributor to the journal, but an editor. It could be as simple as the timing.
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Virtual Worlds, Real Rules: EU Parliament’s First Take on IP in the Metaverse
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
This is the question the European Parliament addresses for the first time in its Resolution on policy implications of the development of virtual worlds – civil, company commercial and intellectual property law issues, published on October 17, 2024, in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Journalism Competition and Preservation Act Moves Out of Committee Despite Concerns
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
673, the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA). This morning, the full U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary convened an executive business meeting during which the committee advanced S.
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Trade Secret Litigation: How Will AI Innovations Likely Be Litigated?
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
While trade secret law may not get as much attention as copyright battles, it’s going to be a major player in the future of AI. In this article from the New York Law Journal, Baker Botts’ co-head of the AI practice group Rich Harper breaks down how traditional trade secret laws could apply to rapidly advancing AI tech.
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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. If so, was the copyright in such headnotes infringed by Ross?
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The Basics of Open Access
Plagiarism Today
AUGUST 29, 2022
This access includes individuals or institutions subscribing to the journal or people paying for access to individual articles. For researchers, this means submitting an article to a journal and, if it’s accepted, the journal pays for it to be peer reviewed and then for it to be published.
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Why I Oppose the California Journalism Protection Act (the Short Version)
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JUNE 28, 2023
I recently wrote a lengthy blog post explaining the many problems with the California Journalism Protection Act (JCPA), AB 886. My letter: __ CJPA is bad policy: CJPA is unlikely to create or sustain any journalism at all. CJPA doesn’t support California-focused journalism. CJPA is preempted by federal copyright law.
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Carswell’s Intellectual Property Journal welcomes new Student Editorial Team for 2022-2023
IPilogue
JULY 20, 2022
IP Osgoode is pleased to announce the new team of student editors for the Intellectual Property Journal (IPJ). Returning this year are Sarah Raja, Nikita Munjal, and Androu Waheeb.
The Problem with Consensual Plagiarism
Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Press release plagiarism is a tremendous problem in modern journalism , in particular with video games, and, while Sterling was aware of one site that took the bait, there are many others that did so as well. It’s very much a product of modern journalism. This problem is even worse in video game journalism. Bottom Line.
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Part II- Applying Natural Intelligence (NI) to Artificial Intelligence (AI): Understanding ‘Why’ Training ChatGPT Transcends the Contours of Copyright
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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Copyright, AI Training, and LLMs: Historical Perspective and Infringement Analysis
Velocity of Content
JANUARY 7, 2025
The following is an excerpt from the article The Heart of the Matter: Copyright, AI Training, and LLMs, authored by Daniel Gervais (Milton R. The full article can be read in the Journal of the Copyright Society. There is considerable uncertainty about the future. AI companies know this.
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3 Count: Can’t Help Appealing
Plagiarism Today
MAY 5, 2022
In 2014, the estate attempted to file a notice of copyright termination with Authentic Brands to terminate a 1983 agreement that resulted in them obtaining rights to the song. The Second Circuit has now upheld that dismissal, ruling that the right of copyright termination only applies to agreements reached by the original author.
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Challenges of Copyright Law in the Global South: Addressing the Knowledge Divide
Intepat
JANUARY 10, 2025
Introduction Copyright law plays a crucial role in regulating the distribution and protection of creative works, but its impact is not uniform across the world. In the Global South, the challenges posed by copyright law are particularly significant, often hindering access to knowledge and limiting opportunities for development.
A Quick Journey Through the Expanding World of AI and Copyright Litigation
Velocity of Content
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Just three short years ago, copyright litigation discussions centered around whether it is fair use to copy declaring code or make unlicensed use of Lynn Goldsmiths photographs of Prince. How AI technologies intersect with copyright was but a twinkle in most judicial systems eyes. So, what can we make of all these lawsuits?
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ALLEA Statement on Open Access Publication under “Big Deals” and the New Copyright Rules
Kluwer Copyright Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2022
ALLEA, therefore, welcomes recent studies showing that OA publication in scientific journals is on the rise. [2] While the downstream costs of journal subscriptions are gradually falling, the upstream costs of publication, made up of the APCs, have risen sharply. The new copyright rules relevant to “Big Deals”.
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (October 21-October 27)
SpicyIP
OCTOBER 27, 2024
Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies Volume IX, Issue I [Submit by January 10, 2025] National Law University, Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for its upcoming issue (Volume IX, Issue I). 63 of the Copyright Act and S.
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Navigating Copyright in the Age of Generative AI: Responsible AI Starts with Licensing
Velocity of Content
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Another recent article, “The Heart of the Matter: Copyright, AI Training, and LLMs, ” by Daniel Gervais, Haralambos Marmanis, Noam Shemtov and Catherine Zaller Rowland provides valuable insights into this complex landscape. When an AI model ingests copyrighted works during training, is it infringing on those copyrights?
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Copyright Liability for LLM Outputs
Velocity of Content
DECEMBER 4, 2024
The following is an excerpt from the article “The Heart of the Matter: Copyright, AI Training, and LLMs,” authored by Daniel Gervais (Milton R. The full article can be read in the Journal of the Copyright Society. This has been a long-standing question in copyright law. A prominent concern is the right of reproduction.
3 Count: Predator Conclusion
Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 13, 2022
1: Krafton Sues Garena, Apple, and Google over Free Fire Copyright Infringement. First off today, Aaron Orr at Pocket Gamer reports that the developer of the battle royale game PUBG has filed a lawsuit against competitor Garena after alleging that Garena’s mobile game Free Fire is a copyright infringement of PUBG.
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Facebook’s Plagiarism Problems Are Deeper Than You Realize
Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
However, Newton’s report comes as the Wall Street Journal is also examining Facebook’s efforts to block plagiarized and pirated content. According to the Wall Street Journal, though several researchers at Facebook proposed ways to decrease the reach of such content, those proposals were “deprioritized” by Mark Zuckerberg.
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Medical Research and Copyright Compliance: What Every Hospital Should Know
Velocity of Content
APRIL 16, 2025
Unfortunately, fast-paced information sharing is not always consistent with federal copyright laws. Carefully drafted corporate agreements may still fall short of covering the vast stores of copyrighted material that populate the information workplace. if the copyright holder registered the work with the U.S. In the U.S.,
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3 Count: Nirvana’s Inferno
Plagiarism Today
OCTOBER 25, 2021
1: Nirvana Beats T-Shirt Copyright Lawsuit Involving Dante’s ‘Inferno’ First off today, Bill Donahue at Billboard reports that members of the band Nirvana have emerged victorious in a battle over their iconic Dante’s Inferno shirt, even if it is likely not the final word on the case.
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3 Count: Legalized Piracy
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 8, 2022
2: ResearchGate Dealt a Blow in Copyright Lawsuit. Next up today, Diana Kwon at Nature reports that a Munich court has ruled that ResearchGate should be barred from hosting papers uploaded to it and that the site is responsible for copyright-infringing content uploaded on its platform. Both sides have said they intend to appeal.
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3 Count: Free Law
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 23, 2022
1: Ed Sheeran Awaits Verdict Over Copyright Court Battle. However, in a bid to keep that domain alive, the service announced that it will be removing all links to pirated content from its site, banning links to content on cyberlockers, installing upload filters and honoring copyright takedown notices in the future.
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Robojournalism – A Copyright Study on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the European News Industry
Kluwer Copyright Blog
MARCH 2, 2022
One such field is journalism. One of the central issues in this respect is the copyright protectability of journalistic outputs generated by or with the help of AI. This research project seeks to fill that gap in literature by turning to the application of AI in the specific field of journalism and copyright law.
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3 Count: Oof… Again
Plagiarism Today
JULY 28, 2022
In a response to the legal demand, Syinix said that they do not think that there was any copyright infringement, but were interested in discussing the terms for obtaining such a license. 3: YouTube Reduces Length Of Copyright Dispute Process.
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3 Count: Italian Shutdown
Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 27, 2022
2: ‘Pirate Queen’ for Scientific Publications on Trial in Key Copyright Case in India. Sci-Hub is a site that provides access to academic journals and articles for free. The case is widely expected to test India’s more liberal fair dealing copyright exemptions against Sci-Hub’s practices.
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News Corp. Subsidiaries Hit AI Co. With Copyright Suit
IP Law 360
OCTOBER 21, 2024
The publishers behind the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post have said in a new lawsuit that an artificial intelligence company is ripping off the news organizations' work, saying the AI company's "answer engine" has copied huge amounts of copyrighted material.
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Copyright Moderation on YouTube following the implementation of Article 17 CDSMD
Kluwer Copyright Blog
AUGUST 13, 2024
The Digital Services Act (DSA) transparency database , while proving to be rather useless for misinformation or hate speech researchers, is very enlightening on copyright moderation. The first part of the study presents findings on copyright takedowns on YouTube in Germany and France between 2019 and 2022.
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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.
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.
Should the EU unify copyright laws?
The IPKat
MAY 7, 2024
Kat (re-)unification Should the EU unify the copyright laws of its Member States and introduce, over thirty years after the start of the harmonization process, a unitary copyright title? Just a few examples: in 2010, the Wittem Group of academics released a model EU copyright code. The short answer is: yes.
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Copyright Registration in India
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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Is Generative AI Fair Use of Copyright Works? NYT v. OpenAI
Kluwer Copyright Blog
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
In order to train their technologies, should AI companies be allowed to use works under copyright protection without consent? The lawsuits brought by the owners of such works, including artworks in the case of image-generators and journalism in the NYT case, claim that this should not be allowed. copyright law.
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Copyright, Education, and Generative AI: Getting with the programme?
Kluwer Copyright Blog
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Academic integrity and plagiarism issues in this context ultimately also lead us to copyright law. Or do students expose themselves to liability for copyright infringement when using GenAI output? I. GenAI at odds with copyright law? Figure 1 – Microsoft Copilot reproducing an excerpt of a copyright-protected work.
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Study on Copyright and Scientific Publications: Encouraging Access and Re-use
Kluwer Copyright Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2022
In August 2022, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation published a study on EU copyright and related rights and access to and reuse of scientific publications, including open access. Current EU copyright framework. In this post, its author provides a brief outline.
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3 Count: Top Gun 2.5
Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
1: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Copyright Suit Flies On As Paramount’s Motion To Dismiss Denied. 3: King Copyright Infringement Trial to Begin in Federal Court. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.
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Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Two: The Massive Shift to Electronic Licensing
Michael Geist
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Canadian copyright lobby groups have spent years falsely claiming that educational institutions refuse to pay for licences to compensate for the use of educational materials. The truth is that Canadian universities spend millions of dollars on licensing copyright materials. of total resources) and 71,800 were e-journals (about 5.1%
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Recipes Aren’t Copyrightable, No Matter How “Exciting” They Are–Coscarelli v. Esquared
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Chloe asserted copyright claims against the management group for posting her recipes to its website. Normally I’m Team Vegan all the way, but I exit Team Chloe when I see a low-merit copyright claim like this. Whereas the latter may be entitled to copyright protection, the former plainly is not. Courier Journal.
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