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Court Dismisses Authors’ Copyright Infringement Claims Against OpenAI

TorrentFreak

The Books3 dataset was created by AI researcher Shawn Presser in 2020, who scraped the library of ‘pirate’ site Bibliotik. 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.

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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.

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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. Mass Copyright Infringement or Fair Use? Not all rightsholders are happy with IA’s scanning and lending activities.

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Reddit Banned 5,853 Users for Excessive Copyright Infringement Last Year

TorrentFreak

DMCA Notices and Takedowns Increase The number is significant, especially when taking into account that it doesn’t include copyright-related complaints. Reddit’s responses to DMCA takedown notices and the site’s handling of excessive copyright infringement are listed separately in the “legal removals” section.

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Copyright Infringement: Friend or Foe in the Music Industry?

IPilogue

It used to be that occasionally we would hear in the news that some artist is suing some other artist for infringing their song. You may remember the big music copyright infringement case of 2012 , where Robin Thicke was sued by Marvin Gaye over claims that Thicke’s hit song “Blurred Lines” infringed on Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up”.

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Could this music law help Spotify dodge future copyright infringement battles?

IPilogue

However, with the convenience of streaming music through these digital platforms, the music industry has also had to deal with a wide range of copyright issues, including online copyright infringement. Spotify has encountered its fair share of copyright infringement lawsuits filed by music artists, record labels, and publishers.

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TAMU Copyright Infringement — No Liability

Patently-O

Bynum sued for copyright infringement. 994 (2020). That case held that sovereign immunity protected states from copyright infringement liability despite direct Congressional statements otherwise. “viable [as a] takings claim against TAMU for copyright infringement under the Texas Constitution.”