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Publishers’ Lawsuit Accuses Libgen of “Staggering” Copyright Infringement

TorrentFreak

“Defendants operate one of the largest, most notorious, and far-reaching infringement operations in the world. “This collection consists of over 6 million files that include illegal copies of works from a diverse cross-section of the publishing industry. “[T]he Sites undermine the very purpose of U.S.

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Tips for Avoiding Copyright Infringement

The IP Law Blog

Many find it surprising, but there is no requirement to include a copyright notice on a work for the work to be protected by copyright law. The lack of a copyright notice does not give you permission to use the work. Copyright infringement occurs when a person or company uses another’s copyrighted work without permission.

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Of Bass Notes and Base Rates: Avoiding Mistaken Inferences about Copying

43(B)log

61, 2023 Abstract To prove copyright infringement, a plaintiff must convince a jury that the defendant copied from the plaintiff’s work rather than independently creating it. Until that knowledge is available, testimony about the probability of copying should be deemed inadmissible under Federal Rule of Evidence 702.

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Parsing the Plagiarism of the Bad Art Friend

Plagiarism Today

On Tuesday, journalist Robert Kolker published an article in the New York Times Magazine entitled Who is the Bad Art Friend? That, in turn, prompted a counterclaim by Dorland for copyright infringement. She took the words that someone else had written, copied them and used them in her story while presenting them as her work.

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Getty Images Sues Stability AI for Copyright Infringement

The IP Law Blog

According to Getty Images, Stability copied Getty’s photographs with associated text and metadata to train its Stable Diffusion model, which uses AI to generate computer-synthesized images in response to text prompts. According to Getty, this is clear copyright infringement.

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New Class Action May Shed Light on the Transformative Nature of Generative AI Works of Art

JD Supra Law

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to create works of art creates interesting legal challenges to the protection of intellectual property. A copyright infringement class action lawsuit has been filed against providers of AI software that is used to generate visual works of art based on copyrighted images copied from the internet.

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[Guest post] Jacquemus x Nike Swoosh Bag: ‘Just Copy It’ or re-appropriation of Nike’s own trade mark?

The IPKat

This time, Katfriend Spyridon Sipetas (Stockholm University) tells the story of a collaboration – the one between Jacquemus and Nike – that has been already plagued with accusations of copying. Here’s what Spyridon writes: Jacquemus x Nike Swoosh Bag: ‘Just Copy It’ or re-appropriation of Nike’s own trade mark?

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