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Court Dismisses Authors’ Copyright Infringement Claims Against OpenAI

TorrentFreak

Authors Sue, OpenAI Responds In a lawsuit filed last June , authors Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad accused OpenAI of direct and vicarious copyright infringement, among other things. The only claim that should be able to survive is direct copyright infringement, but OpenAI said it expects to defeat that at a later stage.

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Jharkhand High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Alleging Copyright Infringement Against a Professor

SpicyIP

Image from here A couple of weeks ago, I discussed a law student in Bengaluru filed a case, alleging copyright infringement, against two assistant professors. On the above allegations, the court took cognizance of the offense u/s 63 of the Copyright Act (copyright infringement) and Section 420 of the IPC (Cheating).

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Copyright Infringement and Remedies: An Overview

IP and Legal Filings

Execute the Task in the Public Create any cinematic production in homage to the work Make an adaption of the text by translating it Copyright Infringement Unauthorized use of a work protected by copyright is copyright infringement. Without the copyright holder’s permission, someone reproduces his work.

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Could this music law help Spotify dodge future copyright infringement battles?

IPilogue

However, with the convenience of streaming music through these digital platforms, the music industry has also had to deal with a wide range of copyright issues, including online copyright infringement. Spotify has encountered its fair share of copyright infringement lawsuits filed by music artists, record labels, and publishers.

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Publishers’ Lawsuit Accuses Libgen of “Staggering” Copyright Infringement

TorrentFreak

’ They also use online proxy services that conceal their identities while failing to provide any business addresses as contact information. Accordingly, Plaintiffs bring this action for injunctive relief and damages to stop and seek redress for Defendants’ knowing and willful copyright infringement.” 101 et seq.)

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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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RIAA Targets ‘AI Hub’ Discord Users Over Copyright Infringement

TorrentFreak

There’s a wide variety of information available, including voice models of major musicians such as Bruno Mars, Frank Sinatra, Rihanna, and Stevie Wonder. All of this information can be used to make homebrew AI tracks that mimic the sound of one’s favorite artists. Discord has not contacted us as of yet,” tea says.