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The Lockpicking Copyright Fight

Plagiarism Today

The Long Haul Stock Letters Your Copyrights Online 1. What is a Copyright? Limitations of Copyright 3. Proven Industries, the manufacturers of Proven Locks, have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTuber and lockpicker Trevor McNally, better known as McNally. Finding the Host 4. Contacting the Host 5.

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Are New Copyright Registrations Valid?

Plagiarism Today

With the chaos at the United States Copyright Office, alarms have been raised about potential issues with its certificates. The post Are New Copyright Registrations Valid? appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Using Copyrighted Content to Train AI: Can Licensing Bridge the Gap?

Hugh Stephens Blog

Image: Shutterstock The struggle between authors (writers, artists, musicians) and AI developers over the unauthorized and uncompensated use of copyrighted works to train AI applications continues, both in the courts (here is a summary of the current state of play in the US where most of the litigation is taking place) and in the political … (..)

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Copyright Litigation in China: Some Interesting AI-Related Decisions from Chinese Courts

Hugh Stephens Blog

This characterization of China is reinforced by … Continue reading "Copyright Litigation in China: Some Interesting AI-Related Decisions from Chinese Courts" The narrative is along the lines of China is an adversary with deliberately lax IP laws who has stolen and continues to steal our IP, etc..

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Mustangs, Batmobiles, and Copyright-Protected C(h)aracters

Plagiarism Today

The 9th Circuit has ruled that Eleanor, the Mustang from the "Gone in 60 Seconds" films, is not a copyright-protected character. The post Mustangs, Batmobiles, and Copyright-Protected C(h)aracters appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Here's why.

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Copyright, Yearbooks and the Internet

Plagiarism Today

A school photographer has filed a pair of claims with the Copyright Claims Board over alleged infringement of his yearbook photos. The post Copyright, Yearbooks and the Internet appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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AI-Scraping Copyright Litigation Comes to Canada (CANLII v Caseway AI)

Hugh Stephens Blog

After all the lawsuits in the US (and some in the UK) pitting various copyright holders against AI development companies alleging the AI platforms were infringing copyright by reproducing and ingesting copyrighted materials without authorization to train their algorithms to produce outputs based on the ingested content–outputs … Continue (..)