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Copyright and AI in Australia: 2023 in Review

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photo by Joey Csunyo on Unsplash In recent years, copyright departments in governments around the world have been preoccupied with AI’s effects on copyright industries and, more recently, copyright law challenges created for AI industries. Which copyright issues has the Australian government been grappling with?

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60-Year-Old Music Pirate Faces Prison in a Country Part-Run By Pirates

TorrentFreak

Czech Pirates and Czech Piracy A string of notable events in the Czech Republic, including three Pirate Party politicians taking seats in the European Parliament, culminated in 2021 when Pirates won three ministerial positions in the country’s coalition government. It wouldn’t be the last.

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Goa Circular, Permission for Music at Weddings, Police Sensitization: Anything New? Yes.

SpicyIP

Firstly , it connects the issue to the economic and tourism activities in the state. Relevantly, it states that “Insistence upon such permissions/NOCs from copyright societies is in violation of section 52(1)(za) of Copyright Act 1957 and is adversely affecting not only the citizens but also the economic/tourism activities in the State.”

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Russian Cinemas Get Help to Bypass Sanctions to Screen “Avatar: The Way of Water”

TorrentFreak

These piracy issues drifted from the headlines in more recent months, but with the release of this year’s blockbuster “Avatar: The Way of Water”, the topic is hot once again. Russian cinema owners recently promised that, one way or another, the movie would be screened locally. In response, many U.S. Delays and Tricks.

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Law Enforcement’s Efforts to Scrub COVID “Misinformation” Online Violated the First Amendment–Cohoon v. Konrath

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Unsurprisingly, her posts prompted consternation in her local community because, at the time, her county had no officially reported COVID cases. The County Health Department contacted the local sheriff Konrath, who sent Sgt. ” “The First Amendment is not a game setting for the government to toggle off and on.

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Taking Aim at Sharing News Online: Bill C-18 and the Government’s Misguided Requirement to Mandate Payment for Internet Linking

Michael Geist

The government isn’t interested in requiring me to pay for a link, however, only large Internet companies who refer millions of users back to the media sites. The government isn’t interested in requiring me to pay for a link, however, only large Internet companies who refer millions of users back to the media sites.

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Japan’s Systematic Assault on Manga & Anime Piracy Broadens & Intensifies

TorrentFreak

After thriving in what was once a localized traditional market, Japanese comics known as ‘manga’ took the world by storm. By offering free localization and distribution services in what was once a chronically underserved overseas market, hobbyist translators and pirate sites made manga more accessible in every way.