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Plagiarism as a Social Norm

Plagiarism Today

Why is it acceptable for Carolyn Keene to be a pseudonym for over a dozen authors penning Nancy Drew stories, but not ok for Cristiane Serruya to use ghostwriters when producing books with her name (outside the fact the books were plagiarized from other sources). The answer is that plagiarism is complicated.

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Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

Patently-O

2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. Winston & Strawn , 23-cv-11193 (S.D.N.Y.

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Newspapers Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement and ‘Fake News’ Hallicunations

TorrentFreak

“Defendants are taking the Publishers’ work with impunity and are using the Publishers’ journalism to create GenAI products that undermine the Publishers’ core businesses by retransmitting ‘their content’—in some cases verbatim from the Publishers’ paywalled websites—to their readers.”

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Newspapers Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement and ‘Fake News’ Hallucinations

TorrentFreak

“Defendants are taking the Publishers’ work with impunity and are using the Publishers’ journalism to create GenAI products that undermine the Publishers’ core businesses by retransmitting ‘their content’—in some cases verbatim from the Publishers’ paywalled websites—to their readers.”

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Understanding the Pearson v. Chegg Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Plagiarism Today

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. This may be especially an issue in cases where the question wasn’t copied, and the answer is just a number or short phrase.

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3 Count: Quad 9

Plagiarism Today

They further claim that the podcasters obtained a pirated copy of the fight to use in the show. According to H3’s response, their use of the video in the podcast was a fair use and if the version they had was pirated, that is not itself a copyright infringement.

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GitHub, Copilot and the Copyright Around AI

Plagiarism Today

However, others, including Julia Reda, a former Pirate Party MEP, published a blog post claiming that it isn’t. The end user is ultimately responsible for what they write and what they publish. According to the court, Google’s use was transformative enough to be a fair use. The Two Big Questions.

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