The Verge

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The US Copyright Office has rejected a request to let an AI copyright a work of art. Last week, a three-person board reviewed a 2019 ruling against Steven Thaler, who tried to copyright a picture on behalf of an algorithm he dubbed Creativity Machine. Steven Thaler and/or Creativity Machine.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) said blockchain has “great potential” as the basis of a system that would use a combination of encryption, hash signatures and watermarking in an image’s metadata to protect copyright, Digital Trends reported Thursday.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

JANUARY 8, 2024

In response to gathering legal efforts to rein in its data collection, OpenAI is arguing that the creation of advanced generative AI (genAI) tools is unfeasible without the use of copyrighted content to train them. To read this article in full, please click here

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Computerworld Vertical IT

AUGUST 31, 2023

The US Copyright Office is seeking public input on copyright law and policy issues raised by generative AI and is assessing whether federal legislative or US government regulation are warranted. Generative AI (genAI) technology has been documented relying on copyrighted works used to train up underlying language models.

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 8, 2024

The contentious topic of AI copyright lawsuits is gaining traction, with many advocating that it’s high time AI enterprises compensated for the vast amounts of freely sourced data that have bolstered their generative systems. Notably, GPT-3’s training encompassed a plethora of sources, including Wikipedia and Reddit.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 28, 2023

It's no secret that LLMs use swaths of information from the internet as training data, but the NYT claims in its copyright infringement lawsuit that its content has been given "particular emphasis." The suit, filed in Manhattan federal court, claims that the companies "seek to free-ride on the Times's massive. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

AUGUST 21, 2023

Howell upheld the finding by the US Copyright Office that a piece of AI-generated art cannot be copyrighted, writes the Hollywood Reporter. United States District Court Judge Beryl A. The agency had refused to grant a patent to Stephen Thaler, who wanted an AI-generated image he produced with the Creativity. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 8, 2023

One of the groups at the forefront of this fight is the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which has filed an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court providing an overview of the copyright trolling problem. The filing is part of the Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy case, which does not. Read Entire Article

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Information Week

APRIL 12, 2024

Not only does licensing data for AI development provide the obvious benefit of avoiding protracted (and public) battles on the world stage, but it also provides many convenient side benefits.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The newspaper’s lawsuit this week against Microsoft and OpenAI asks a federal judge to order the destruction of all AI large language models trained on its copyrighted material. “Had Bing Chat actually done so, it would have committed copyright infringement,” the suit says. alleges in the introduction to the suit.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) The New York Times filed a lawsuit Wednesday against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the companies of copyright infringement for training artificial intelligence models on millions of articles published by the newspaper. The BBC, CNN and Reuters made similar moves, The Verge reported in October.

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Forrester IT

AUGUST 22, 2023

District Judge affirmed the US Copyright Offices’ long-standing position of “human authorship,” ruling that AI-created art cannot be copyrighted. copyright law does not “protect works generated by new forms of technology operating absent any guiding human hand.” […] Judge Beryl Howell writes that U.S.

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The Verge

APRIL 5, 2021

“The upshot, in our view, is that fair use can play an important role in determining the lawful scope of a computer program copyright.”. In the dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas argued the court was creating an untenable distinction between implementing code (which was established as subject to copyright in a previous ruling) and declaring it.

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Dataconomy

MARCH 4, 2024

OpenAI, the creator of the popular ChatGPT chatbot, is facing a growing number of lawsuits from news organizations alleging copyright infringement. Unlike print publications able to register copyrights in bulk, digital publications often lack this protection. They argue that this behavior violates its terms of use.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

On Monday, congressional leaders unveiled their massive spending and coronavirus relief measure, including a handful of controversial copyright measures civil liberties activists fear could penalize internet users for everyday online behavior. Photo by Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images. Congress’ $2.3

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The Verge

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Ruling on a motion for summary judgment , the judge presiding over the case has dismissed Apple’s copyright infringement claim over Corellium’s software, finding that Corellium’s use of Apple code constituted fair use. Still, the lawsuit has been alarming to many security firms who rely on Corellium products for iOS analysis. The Oracle v.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 10, 2024

OpenAI recently told members of the House of Lords that it is "impossible" to train large language models (LLMs) without using copyrighted material. The claim was in response to the UK's Communications and Digital Select Committee, which is looking into the legal issues involving current AI systems. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The owner of Apple WWDC Videos, Brendan Shanks, tweeted that Apple had issued a number of takedown requests due to copyright infringement against his channel.

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Computer Weekly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

European states are questioning legality of a new copyright law proposed by the EU

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TechSpot

JUNE 16, 2023

The Tennesse lawsuit alleges that Twitter "fuels its business with countless infringing copies of musical compositions, violating Publishers' and others' exclusive rights under copyright law." Read Entire Article

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JANUARY 17, 2023

Getty Images said in a statement that Stability AI unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright "absent a license to benefit Stability AI's commercial interests and to the detriment of the content creators."

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Dataconomy

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This future is upon us, and it has ignited a legal battle that seeks to balance the scales of artistic expression and copyright protection in an era where machines are birthing masterpieces. The lawsuit has drawn attention to the critical requirement of artists to register their copyrights with the U.S. Copyright Office.

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Dataconomy

AUGUST 21, 2023

Howell’s ruling has shone a spotlight on the intricacies of AI-generated artwork and its place in the world of copyright. In an age where algorithms and human minds converge to shape our cultural landscape, the conversation around AI and copyright beckons us to reimagine the lines between the artist and the machine.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 30, 2020

On Tuesday, a US District Court in Fort Lauderdale shot down Apple's copyright claim against security software startup Corellium. The Cupertino tech giant took on the smaller company last year, filing a lawsuit alleging that it violated copyright law in creating an iOS virtualization system used to find security bugs.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Researchers gathered more than a thousand training examples from the models, which ranged from individual person photographs to film stills, copyrighted news images, and trademarked firm logos, and discovered that the AI reproduced many of them almost identically. Researchers from colleges like Princeton and Berkeley, as well as from the.

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The Verge

MARCH 17, 2021

In an effort to make the process of uploading a video and receiving ad revenue easier, YouTube is rolling out a new tool called “Checks” that tells a creator ahead of time if their video contains copyrighted material and complies with advertising guidelines. This new system is reliant on Content ID.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 30, 2023

Disgraced Prenda Law attorney Paul Hansmeier is serving a 14-year sentence for running a copyright entrapment scam, which he pled guilty to in 2018. Since then, he has filed multiple legal actions from his jail cell to get out of serving his time.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 30, 2020

A judge dismissed Apple’s copyright infringement claims against a startup whose software helps researchers find flaws in Apple products. Read More.

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Venture Beast

MAY 21, 2021

When NFTs of art and other digital objects are sold, the copyright stays with the original owner and does not get transferred to the buyer. Read More.

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The Verge

AUGUST 7, 2021

Several record labels are suing an ISP for copyright infringement | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. A group of major record labels has filed a new lawsuit against Charter Communications alleging that the company has failed to address its subscribers’ copyright infringement of musical works. flagrant and serial infringers”.

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Venture Beast

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Tommy Tallarico, CEO of Intellivision Entertainment, has settled a copyright dispute with Roblox over the famous "oof" sound. Read More.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 4, 2021

His stream was shut down shortly thereafter, giving his viewers — and himself — the impression that he was banned for violating YouTube’s copyright policies. However, Ahgren wasn’t actually struck with a copyright strike or a suspension. you could say the switch has been going well. The whole incident was just a case of confusion. “If

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Gizmodo

JULY 23, 2020

Though I can’t imagine the media giants showcasing at San Diego Comic-Con’s online event were worried about copyright violations affecting their panels. Considering, you know, they’re the ones that own the copyright. It wouldn’t be a virtual event without a few technical difficulties. Read more.

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Venture Beast

APRIL 5, 2021

Supreme Court handed Google a major victory over Oracle, ruling that its use of code to build Android did not violate copyright law. Read More.

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2020

Over the last few days, a furor has been brewing on Twitch: out of the blue, streamers started seeing copyright takedown notices appear in their inboxes. Twitch doesn’t have the tools yet to let creators bulk delete clips, let alone sift through hundreds at a time that may or may not contain copyright infringing content.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Today, Facebook Gaming is set to allow its partnered streamers to play copyrighted, popular music in the background of their live stream s — which means they’ve seemingly solved the copyright problem that’s plagued live-streaming (and basically the entire internet) since the beginning.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The spoof websites appear to have been taken down as of this writing, but the account’s header remains suspended “in response to a report from the copyright holder.”. Hello, with copyright harassment going on for the past 24hrs (4 strikes), I've decided to go private for the next few days – soon!

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