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Will AI Copyright Claims Keep Standing After New Ruling?

Copyright Lately

Southern District of New York Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that the plaintiffs failed to show any concrete harm caused by OpenAI’s alleged removal of copyright management information from their articles, which they claim were then used to train ChatGPT’s language model. TransUnion v.

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AI-Powered News Piracy Site Blocked By ISPs After Court Sides With Publishers

TorrentFreak

On February 11, 2025, a coalition of forty media outlets took legal action in France hoping to slam the brakes on mass piracy of thousands of articles published each day. In operation since 2021, the apparently automated platform allegedly harvests the media companies’ articles.

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CJEU rules on vertical direct effect of InfoSoc Directive and allows national courts to disapply incorrect national transpositions

The IPKat

Last month, the CJEU had an opportunity to tackle once again the direct effect of the InfoSoc Directive in the different context of reprography and private copying under Article 5(2)(a)-(b). Incidentally, at the EU level, the earlier Reprobel ruling also prompted the introduction of Article 16 of the DSM Directive.

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SDNY Order Renews Possibility of Digital Millenium Copyright Act as Legal Recourse for News Organizations in the Age of AI

JD Supra Law

recently failed to convince the court to dismiss allegations that it improperly removed copyright management information from news articles used to train its large language models. In a pending lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), OpenAI Inc.

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Collective management in Cyprus: a constitutionalist approach

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The amendments in question Article 16 of Directive 2014/26/EU relates to the licensing mechanisms available to CMOs and provides that licensing terms must be based on objective and non-discriminatory criteria. It was, therefore, held that the first amendment in question was contrary to Article 23 of the Constitution.

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The Backlash Against AI Accusations

Plagiarism Today

Two articles highlight a growing concern among students and schools alike: How to address students believed to have used AI improperly. The post The Backlash Against AI Accusations appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Shueisha Hunts Manga Pirates But Needs Google, PayPal & VISA to Assist

TorrentFreak

Shueisha notes that it will be able to present a prima facie civil case against each of the currently anonymous operators because their conduct violated Article 709 of the Civil Code. ” Shueisha says the discovery sought here is “narrowly tailored” and is not unduly intrusive or burdensome.