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Informal innovation: The re-emergence of ‘informal’ washing machines

SpicyIP

Image from here A topic close to this blog’s heart – informal innovation, recently made headlines. Efforts were made to commercialise this innovation – re-designing to lower costs, a patent was filed, licensing and royalty sharing agreements were entered into, but mostly in vain, at least in India.

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YouTube Holds Licenses For Copyright Lawsuit Plaintiff’s “Entire Back Catalog”

TorrentFreak

On Friday, YouTube informed the court that it will move for summary judgment in October. According to YouTube, Maria Schneider’s allegations of mass copyright infringement plus violations of the DMCA due to YouTube’s removal of Copyright Management Information (CMI) simply cannot succeed. 1202(b)), YouTube says.

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Company ‘Hijacks’ Blender’s CC BY-Licensed Film, YouTube Strikes User

TorrentFreak

The team at Blender Studio drive Blender development by providing help and training courses to Blender users in an open environment, sharing everything in public and making all content available under free licenses. In this case, at least, a Creative Commons license appears to have carried no weight. It didn’t go well.

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Navigating Copyright in the Age of Generative AI: Responsible AI Starts with Licensing

Velocity of Content

Let’s explore why responsible AI use starts with proper licensing and implications for businesses like yours when navigating these waters. In fact, there’s a clear path forward for businesses that understand the importance of leveraging AI responsibly: licensing.

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[Guest post] The UK’s AI and copyright consultation – will data protection law render any commercial TDM exception ineffective?

The IPKat

Such rights reservations are often informally described as opt outs. By way of brief overview of data protection law, under the UK GDPR personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

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Analysing Dipak Ranjan Mukherjee vs. Ministry of Commerce & Industry in Context of Transparency, Privacy and the RTI Act

SpicyIP

In an interesting development, the CIC recently rejected an RTI application concerning information on IPRS’ compliance with the Copyright Act, upholding privacy for private organizations and confidentiality of inquiry reports that have not been tabled in front of the Parliament. Do Copyright Societies Fall Under the RTI Act?

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nHentai Fights Back in Piracy Lawsuit: ‘Rightsholder Gave Permission’

TorrentFreak

The company tried to obtain a DMCA subpoena requiring Cloudflare to hand over all identifying information it has on the site’s operators. DMCA subpoenas have proven to be an effective legal tool to gather information. In this case, however, nHentai’s operators decided to intervene, asking the court to quash the subpoena.

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