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House of Lords deals a blow to AI reform, LLM removed after a copyright claim and a Brazilian soccer streamer moves to YouTube. The post 3 Count: House of Lords appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
For a long time, pirate site blocking was regarded as a topic most U.S. politicians would rather avoid. This lingering remnant of the SOPA debacle drove copyright holders to focus on the introduction of blocking efforts in other countries instead, mostly successfully. Those challenging times are now more than a decade old and momentum is shifting. Today, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA), which paves the way for blocking injunctions targetin
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Glass Lewis, one of the leading proxy advisory firms, recently updated its policy guidelines for 2025 to include recommendations regarding board oversight of AI. In the new guidelines, Glass Lewis emphasizes the importance of effective oversight and disclosure of AI practices for companies engaging with AI but falls short of prescribing the structure of such oversight.
Founded in 2018, TorrentGalaxy has grown to become a leading player in the torrent ecosystem. The site was launched by former members of ExtraTorrent, a popular torrent site that had just shut down. The founders of TorrentGalaxy aimed to provide a home for ExtraTorrent ‘refugees’ but, over time, it evolved into one of the leading torrent sites.
What happens when the clock runs out on critical evidence in a high-stakes patent infringement case? Join me, Kelly Twigger, as we unravel the intricate layers of electronic discovery through the compelling Beacon Navigation v. BMW case. Discover how Beacon's late acquisition of essential source code from BMW's third-party supplier, Harman, put their litigation strategy on thin ice.
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Image from here [ This post is authored by Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan. Bharathwaj is a 3rd year LLB Student at RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur, and loves books and IP. His previous posts can be accessed here. ] In the first part of the post, we dealt with the relevant background, wherein I stated that it is useful to see any GenAI model as being located within an AI supply chain.
This is the January 2025 edition of Anchovy News. Here you will find articles concerning ICANN, the domain name industry and the recuperation of domain names across the globe. In this issue we cover: Domain name industry news To renew, or not to renew? CENTR asks the question Don't let your domain names become "Sitting Ducks".
CCC recently reached out to experienced legal professionals to gain a better understanding of the ways in which they are incorporating tools with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities into their everyday workflows, as well as how they are updating copyright policies and procedures with respect to AI. The following is based on an interview we conducted with John A.
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The Federal Circuit shot down an appeal launched by a face detection technology patent owner over how a lower court construed claim terminology in the patent, handing a win Wednesday to LG in a suit accusing it of infringement.
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