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Anti-Piracy Veteran Tim Kuik Retires After Leading BREIN for a Quarter Century

TorrentFreak

Speaking with TorrentFreak, Kuik recalls that the home video market was just opening up. Initially, movie studios saw videotapes as a threat, but they soon realized that they could market official movies to consumers as well, which proved to be a new source of revenue. The downside was that pirates would create bootleg copies.

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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 concept of “embedding” content is not a new phenomenon. the website displaying that copyrighted image cannot be held liable for infringement.

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OTT Platforms and Digital Piracy

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Undoubtedly, the OTT broadcasting market is one of the world’s largest media markets. The potential flow of advertisement traffic for this content makes them lucrative assets for any commercial establishment. Video content creation involves substantial investment.

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

LexBlog IP

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 concept of “embedding” content is not a new phenomenon. the website displaying that copyrighted image cannot be held liable for infringement.

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

It could also undercut the commercial market for books and works already created; this is because, on demand, the Products are able not only to summarize books in detail, chapter by chapter, but also to regenerate the text of books (§ I.B.110-111). 2000) (“ copying an entire work militates against a finding of fair use. ”).

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The Potential Risks of ChatGPT and Other Generative AI

LexBlog IP

ChatGPT and other generative AI tools come with risks, and any business use of them should be done carefully and cautiously.