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Reddit Banned 2,625 Subreddits For Excessive Copyright Infringement in 2021

TorrentFreak

In common with the vast majority of large companies based in the US, Reddit has to follow the requirements of the DMCA which means that when it receives a valid copyright notice, it must comply by taking the identified content down. “In 2021, Reddit received 177,450 copyright notices reporting 920,672 pieces of content.

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How Can AI Models Legally Obtain Training Data?–Doe 1 v. GitHub (Guest Blog Post)

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Users retain ownership of content they upload to GitHub, but grant GitHub: the “right to store, archive, parse, and display [the content], and make incidental copies, as necessary to provide the Service, including improving the Service over time.” 22-cv-7074-JST, ECF No. But not so, says the court.

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Movie Companies Want VPNs to Log User Data and Disconnect Pirates

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Amidst growing concerns about online privacy and security, VPN services have become increasingly popular in recent years. Over the past years, we have seen copyright holders take several ISPs to court, accusing them of failing to disconnect repeat copyright infringers. Logging Repeat Infringers? Previously, VPN.ht

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Copyright Office Technical Measures Consultations

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We do receive copyright claims based on titles or trademarks, which are invalid, and while we occasionally receive a valid claim not based on an initially authorized posting, our records indicate that we have never received a second copyright notice based on rights in the same complaining work.

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Court Allows Three of Plaintiffs’ Claims to Survive Motion to Dismiss in Lawsuit That Could Significantly Impact the World of Generative AI

LexBlog IP

DMCA Section 1202(b) Claims: Section 1202(b) of the DMCA prohibits anyone from (1) intentionally removing or altering any copyright management information (“CMI”), (2) distributing CMI knowing the CMI has been removed or altered or (3) distributing copies of works knowing that CMI has been removed or altered while “knowing, or.

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GitHub is Sued, and We May Learn Something About Creative Commons Licensing

Velocity of Content

The making of copies to perform text and data mining, machine learning, and AI training (collectively “TDM”) without additional licensing is authorized for commercial and non-commercial purposes under CC BY , and for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC. OpenAI, LLC, OpenAI Startup Fund GP I, L.L.C.; you get the picture).