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Professor Sues Cheating Student for Copyright Infringement

Plagiarism Today

Course Hero states that it has a policy to not tolerate copyright infringement. It is unclear if Berkovitz filed a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice against the works or not. Tests, study guides, answer keys and other materials produced by instructors can be protected by copyright. Bottom Line.

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Dreamstime Launches LicenseGuard to Track Copyright Infringements

Plagiarism Today

On the other side, users and websites are repeatedly hit with surprise notices of infringement and demands to pay $1,000 or more for the alleged infringement. They are launching a new copyright infringement tracking tool , dubbed LicenseGuard, that they hope will break this cycle and result in a better-educated internet.

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Open Source AI – definition and selected legal challenges

Kluwer Copyright Blog

It covers some of the basics on open source AI focusing on its definition and legal challenges. The exact definition of what constitutes open source AI is still subject to discussion. Finally, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) is currently working on a definition for open source AI. Its “ Open Source AI Definition – draft v.

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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. As a result, Pearson is suing Chegg alleging copyright infringement. The post Understanding the Pearson v.

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Supreme Court Resolves Split Among The Circuits: No Time Limits on Monetary Recovery for any Timely Copyright Infringement Claim

JD Supra Law

Copyright plaintiffs prevailed as the Supreme Court definitively expanded the scope of monetary damages available in discovery-rule copyright infringement cases.

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Reddit Banned 5,853 Users for Excessive Copyright Infringement Last Year

TorrentFreak

DMCA Notices and Takedowns Increase The number is significant, especially when taking into account that it doesn’t include copyright-related complaints. Reddit’s responses to DMCA takedown notices and the site’s handling of excessive copyright infringement are listed separately in the “legal removals” section.

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Battle Between Newspaper Giant and Generative AI Boils Down to Definition of Fair Use

IP Watchdog

As often is the case with claims like these, the merits will center on the fair-use doctrine, a well-recognized legal principle in copyright law that aims to balance the interests of copyright holders with the public benefit of free speech and creative works.

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