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Instagram and Facebook Users Are Engaging in Copyright Infringement?!

IPilogue

Influencer culture and, by extension, content creation on social media, has become increasingly prevalent in recent years. In the past, content creators have had issues incorporating music into their posts due to copyright holder policies. Who is Epidemic Sound?

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Social Media Giants and Copyright: Instagram’s Ninth Circuit Win Sets Precedent Against Photographers

The IP Law Blog

This ultimately means that when a copy of an image is not stored on a computer’s servers but merely “embedded” onto a website, search engine, etc., the website displaying that copyrighted image cannot be held liable for infringement. The concept of “embedding” content is not a new phenomenon.

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Generative AI: the US class action against Google Bard (and other AI tools) for web scraping

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The defendants’ wholesale collection and use of copyrighted material, with no option for copyright owners to opt out, would exceed the legal interpretation of “fair use” (see VHT vs Zillow Group , 918 F.3d 2000) (“ copying an entire work militates against a finding of fair use. ”). 4th 1149 (9th Cir. 3d 723, 743 (9th Cir.

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The Intriguing Debate Over Copyrighted Content in AI Training: What Entrepreneurs Need to Know

LexBlog IP

Copying was tedious. Copying took effort. The Internet is exponentially growing; and along with it Internet-based digital content creation. They need rich, diverse, and real-world content. Much of that content is protected by copyright laws. That was then, this is now.

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The Potential Risks of ChatGPT and Other Generative AI

LexBlog IP

1997) (holding that “some element of human creativity must have occurred in order for the [b]ook to be copyrightable” because “it is not creations of divine beings that the copyright laws were intended to protect”). [5] Kristen Maaherra , 114 F.3d 3d 955, 957-59 (9th Cir.