TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Last weekend, shadow library Anna’s Archive argued that, for AI companies, access to ‘pirated’ books may be a matter of national security. companies if they train AI models using data obtained from shadow libraries. The authors accuse Meta of using their work without permission. Copyright Concerns?

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 18, 2023

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. IA’s library is a non-profit operation that scans physical books, which can then be lent out to patrons in an ebook format.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2025

ABSTRACT Technology advancements are linked to copyright, which gives authors of original works of literature, music, drama, or art, as well as audio recordings and cinematic films, a legal claim over their creations. Every day, there are several ways that someone’s copyright is violated on social networking sites.

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Velocity of Content

MAY 14, 2025

Copyright Office (USCO) recently released its highly anticipated Report on Generative AI (the third and final part in the USCOs AI and copyright series) in a pre-publication format. CCC has long emphasized that the future of AI is not anti-copyright. Its built on copyright. These industries are the backbone of U.S.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The new technology also brings up novel copyright issues. For example, several rightsholders are worried that their work is being used to train and exploit AI without any form of compensation. According to the plaintiffs, large language model training sets shouldn’t be permitted to use every piece of text they come across online.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 21, 2023

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. IA’s library is a non-profit organization that scans physical books, which can then be lent out to patrons in an ebook format.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

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. Questions, Answers and Copyright.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 11, 2025

In the race to build the most capable LLM models, several tech companies sourced copyrighted content for use as training data, without obtaining permission from content owners. This case has a clear piracy angle, as Meta used libraries of pirated books as training material.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 17, 2024

This applies to photographers, artists, music companies, journalists, and authors, some of whom formed groups to file copyright infringement lawsuits to protect their rights. Book authors, in particular, complained about the use of pirated books as training material. The authors clearly have a different take.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 1, 2025

In light of Amazon’s decision to disable the ‘Download or Transfer via USB’ feature from their Kindle devices, Arnav Kaman discusses DRMs/TPMs, the rights of the user, what users can do with their ebooks within the fair use doctrine, and the future of ebooks in this guest post. They categorically do not sell e-books.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 20, 2024

million in copyright damages against Skiplagged—but the website’s business model remains largely unaffected. Yes, there was a copyright infringement claim in the mix, based on Skiplagged’s use of American’s “flight symbol” logo. Jury awards American Airlines $9.4 Talk about a case of the tail wagging the dog.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2025

Most of these cases allege that AI developers used copyrighted works to train LLMs without first obtaining authorization. This case has a clear piracy angle, as Meta used libraries of pirated books as training material. Meta admitted the use of these unofficial sources early on. The authors’ expert, Dr.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 31, 2022

1: Pinterest Prevails in Photography Copyright Dispute. However, the court has ruled that Pinterest is protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which protects services that host content uploaded by users. 2: Amendment Passes to Grant Teachers Fair Use of Copyrighted Work Remotely.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

As we’ve discussed in the past , copyright has played an oddly oversized role in our modern Halloween festivities. However, one of the areas that is generally less talked about is copyright’s impact on Halloween costumes. Copyright and Halloween Costumes. Copyright Office. However, copyright is only half the picture.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and Apple (‘defendants’), claiming that the defendants had directly and indirectly infringed their copyright over the song “ Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots ” by using it in their documentary titled ‘Burlesque’ ( Brown v.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 8, 2021

She says that text and data mining is not a copyright infringement and that, since an AI cannot produce a copyright-protected work, its output cannot be an infringement. On the first question, the Google Book Search case is often cited as one that was a victory for such data mining. Is it so short that its use is a fair use?

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Discussing the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Hachette Book Group v. Internet Archive, our fellowship applicant Tanishka Goswami explains the implication of the decision on fair use. She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Dear Rich: I want to use a police plane crash accident photo in my book. May I use it? Is it public domain or fair use? Although state and local police are not prohibited from claiming copyright in their photos the answer depends on the state where the police department is located. Public domain?

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As reported on Entrackr , Pocket FM has filed a copyright infringement case against Kuku FM before the Delhi High Court. Pocket FM alleges that Kuku FM has violated its copyright by providing audio summaries of books to which Pocket FM has exclusive rights to create audiobooks. [This post has been co-authored with Lokesh Vyas].

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2024

Several of the lawsuits filed by book authors include a piracy component as well. The cases allege that tech companies, including Meta and OpenAI, used the controversial Books3 dataset to train their models. AI Boom Triggers Copyright Troubles Presser wasn’t wrong, but the dataset didn’t just help garage AI startups.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 25, 2021

In April of this year, the Supreme Court dropped a potential bombshell on the copyright world with its ruling in the Google v. The case looked at how Google used Java APIs in their Android mobile operating system as a way to make it easier to port existing programs (and programmers) over to it. Oracle case.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2023

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. IA’s library is operated by a non-profit organization that scans physical books and then lends the digital copies to patrons in an ebook format.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Canada’s largest media companies, including the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Postmedia, CBC, and Canadian Press, came together last week to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI, the owners of ChatGPT. Doubts About the Copyright Claims The copyright claims themselves will face a stiff challenge.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2025

copyright protection standards. Various groups stressed the importance of copyright protection when it comes to new AI technologies. They argued that foreign governments should be mindful of potential copyright infringements. Not just for copyright holders, but also for American tech giants.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

This is just the tip of the iceberg on how generative AI will be used in games and a variety of other creative industries. Music, film, art, comic books, and literary works are some other uses. AI tools are powerful and their use will no doubt be far reaching. Is the output of the AI tool protectable by copyright?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2022

Bell published a short book in 1982. Bell has separately registered a copyright in the passage. Bell has filed at least 25 copyright lawsuits. The school moved to dismiss on fair use grounds, and the district court granted the motion and awarded attorneys’ fees to the school. (I Nature of the Use.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

In addition to archiving the web, IA also operates a library that offers a broad collection of digital media, including books. Staying true to the centuries-old library concept, IA patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house. Internet Archive’s theory of fair use represents a threat just as grave.”

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Hachette Book Grp., Internet Archive, No. 23-1260, 2024 WL 4031751 (2d Cir. 4, 2024) - The U.S. By: Irwin IP LLP

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Yesterday, the Internet Archive lost its appeal in its case against book publishers. Here's what you need to know. The post 5 Takeaways from the Internet Archive Ruling appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Ross case, because he reverses himself on numerous points (all in favor of the copyright owner). I have multiple problems with the ruling: 1) I disagree that individual headnotes each can be copyrightable. The headnotes are oftenjust a sentence or two, which ordinarily is too short to merit copyright protection.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2024

For example, it operates a library that offers a broad collection of digital media, including books, which patrons can borrow upon request. The organization doesn’t license authorized digital copies from publishers; instead, its books are scanned and digitized in-house.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

1: H3 Podcast Asks Court to Throw Out “Fatally Defective” Triller Copyright Lawsuit. First off today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that the team behind the H3 Podcast has asked for the lawsuit against them to be dismissed, saying that the lawsuit is incorrect as a matter of law as they did not commit any copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 11, 2024

The list of complainants includes record labels, book authors, visual artists, even the New York Times. These rightsholders all object to the presumed use of their work without proper compensation. “Books3” Many of the lawsuits filed by book authors come with a clear piracy angle.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Unfortunately, copyright and trademark law do not provide particular protection for these characters, who, more often than not, exceed their original works to become well-known of their own. Several tests were created to see if a certain character might be copyrighted.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

For fifty years, the Copyright Society of the USA (CSUSA) has invited numerous esteemed figures to present the annual Donald C. This past Monday, Osgoode’s very own Professor David Vaver delivered the 2021 Brace lecture on “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond” as the series’ very first international speaker from outside the United States.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In addition to archiving the web, IA also operates a library that offers a broad collection of digital media, including books. Staying true to the centuries-old library concept, IA patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house. This is a feature of copyright law, not a bug,” the brief reads.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 25, 2024

While the raw data within a database may not be eligible for copyright protection, the originality involved in selecting, organizing, or arranging the data can bring a database under the scope of copyright law. This article explores the scope of database protection, focusing on the concept of originality and its role in copyright law.

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