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AAP Responds To “Flawed” GenAI Arguments

Velocity of Content

The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has released its Reply Comments to the U.S. Copyright Office concerning a Notice of Inquiry regarding copyright law and artificial intelligence. Click below to listen to the latest episode of the Velocity of Content podcast.

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ChatUSG: What Companies Doing Business with the Government Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Some of these issues are specific to doing business with the government and others are broader issues that all companies face when using AI, and generative AI (GAI) in particular. As a result, many companies are developing corporate policies on employee use of AI. Many employees are experimenting with AI in connection with their work.

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Hall Leaves ALA, Napack Exits Wiley

Velocity of Content

Matthew Kissner becomes interim CEO, effective immediately, according to Andrew Albanese , Publishers Weekly executive editor. Hall , Executive Director at the American Library Association. She took the role in January 2020, the first female African-American executive director in the association’s long history.

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Roll for Initiative! How Wizards of the Coast’s trademark dispute is helping to keep the nasties out of tabletop gaming

IPilogue

American gaming company Wizards of the Coast (“WOTC”), a subsidiary of Hasbro, is perhaps best known for publishing Dungeons & Dragons {“D&D”), the tabletop role-playing game that has brought barbarians, beholders and basilisks to life for nearly five decades.

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Z-Library Aftermath Reveals that the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names

TorrentFreak

While many people appreciate the service, authors and publishers are not happy. The Authors Guild described the Z-Library as a “trade barrier” recently, while the Association of American Publishers branded the shadow library a “notorious” pirate site. New Seizure Banner. 981(b) and 21 U.S.C. §

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Rightscorp Taps Indie Labels to Fuel New Wave of Piracy Settlement Action

TorrentFreak

At the time, Rightscorp was a publicly listed company but was hemorrhaging money. In 2014, the company revealed a $2.2m in losses since the company launched in 2011. By attaching settlement demands to DMCA notices sent to ISPs, Rightscorp hoped these would be forwarded intact to subscribers. loss for the previous year, $6.5m

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Rightsholders Urge U.S. Govt to Pave the Way for Pirate Site Blocking

TorrentFreak

The group represents hundreds of companies and organizations, as well as 300,000 individuals who work in the creative industry. For a long time, pirate site blocking was regarded as a topic most U.S. politicians would rather avoid. Those challenging times are now more than a decade old, and momentum is shifting. law enforcement.