Column: OpenAI just scored a huge victory in a copyright case ... or did it?
A federal judge's dismissal of a copyright claim against OpenAI has artists and writers wondering if they can ever win in ...
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Ed Sheeran beats copyright appeal over claim Thinking Out Loud ripped off Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On
Pic: AP It comes after a separate copyright lawsuit filed by heirs of Townsend over alleged similarities between the tracks. Sheeran won that case in May 2023, following a jury trial. SAS sued ...
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Chris Brown and Drake sued for at least $5m over alleged copyright infringement on ‘No Guidance’
R&B artist Chris Brown and rapper Drake are once again facing a copyright infringement lawsuit over their 2019 hit No Guidance. In a complaint filed with the US District Court for the District of New ...
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If a tree falls in a forest and no-one hears it, should it receive a royalty payment?
A forest in Ecuador could be recognised as the co-author of a song, if a petition to Ecuador’s copyright office is successful. It sounds crazy. But the song in question is Song Of The Cedars. It ...
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US Copyright Office “frees the McFlurry,” allowing repair of ice cream machines
As Public Knowledge notes, "Section 1201 of the DMCA makes it illegal to bypass a digital lock that protects a copyrighted work, such as a device's software, even when there is no copyright ...
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Non-EU art designs — in this case, an Eames chair — fall under copyright law, EU court says
The European Court of Justice’s ruling clarified a gray area in international copyright law that allows exceptions for protections over so-called “applied art,” a term used for designs and decoration ...
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Testing the Limits of Copyright Protection for A.I.-Generated Art - Colorado Artist Challenges Registration Refusal in Court
Two years ago, the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition sparked controversy after awarding a blue ribbon to a work generated in part by A.I. Jason Allen, the artist responsible for the ...
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Former OpenAI Staffer Says the Company Is Breaking Copyright Law and Destroying the Internet
A former researcher at the OpenAI has come out against the company’s business model, writing, in a personal blog, that he believes the company is not complying with U.S. copyright law.
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Former OpenAI Researcher Says the Company Broke Copyright Law
said that the intellectual copyright laws now in place were written well before the rise of A.I. and that no court has yet decided whether A.I. technologies like ChatGPT violate the law.
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Dow Jones says Perplexity is “freeriding,” sues over copyright infringement
whose claims include copyright infringement. The lawsuit is the latest clash between publishers and AI companies, which are keen to use content to train their models and provide up-to-date ...
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‘Blade Runner 2049’ Producers Sue Elon Musk’s Tesla for Ripping Off Their Art
Beyond simple copyright protection reasons, Alcon was wary of being associated with Musk on account of his irregular, volatile, and sometimes politicized behavior. The company does “not agree ...
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San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Declares No Cash Distribution for October 2024 and Announces Production Costs in Excess of Proceeds
DALLAS, Oct. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Argent Trust Company, as the trustee (the "Trustee") of the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (the ... next month's distribution. No cash distributions will ...