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Law Firm Sues Competitor Over Copied Brief

Plagiarism Today

A law firm has filed a lawsuit against a competitor alleging copyright infringement over a copied brief, testing both ethical and legal norms. The post Law Firm Sues Competitor Over Copied Brief appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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

TorrentFreak

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. “On information and belief, Microsoft and OpenAI are currently or will imminently commence making additional copies of the Publishers’ Works to train and/or fine-tune the next generation GPT-5 LLM,” the complaint adds.

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Court Dismisses Authors’ Copyright Infringement Claims Against OpenAI

TorrentFreak

Authors Sue, OpenAI Responds In a lawsuit filed last June , authors Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad accused OpenAI of direct and vicarious copyright infringement, among other things. The only claim that should be able to survive is direct copyright infringement, but OpenAI said it expects to defeat that at a later stage.

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

TorrentFreak

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. “On information and belief, Microsoft and OpenAI are currently or will imminently commence making additional copies of the Publishers’ Works to train and/or fine-tune the next generation GPT-5 LLM,” the complaint adds.

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Understanding the Pearson v. Chegg Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Plagiarism Today

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. The post Understanding the Pearson v.

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

TorrentFreak

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. Patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house, with technical restrictions that prevent copying.

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Limitation period for copyright infringement actions in France

The IPKat

This Kat always eagerly awaits decisions from the French Cour de Cassation, so he was delighted to find out about an important recent decision on copyright (Cour de cassation, 1st Civil Chamber, 15 November 2023, n° 22-23.266). The judgment focuses on a procedural aspect, namely the limitation period for an action for copyright infringement.