copyright infringement

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Canadian news publishers sue OpenAI over copyright infringement

    Canadian news publishers sue OpenAI over copyright infringement Five Canadian news media publishers have sued OpenAI Inc. for breaching copyright by scraping content to train artificial intelligence products like ChatGPT — opening another front against the $157 billion startup. Torstar Corp...
  2. Hanno Labuschagne

    AI users could cough up for copyright violations

    AI users could cough up for copyright violations Generative artificial intelligence has been hailed for its potential to transform creativity, and especially by lowering the barriers to content creation. While the creative potential of generative AI tools has often been highlighted, the...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Sony sues Internet Archive for posting old copyrighted songs online

    Sony sues Internet Archive for posting old copyrighted songs online Sony Music Entertainment and five other major music companies sued the non-profit Internet Archive, saying that its posting of thousands of old songs and recordings online amounts to “wholesale theft” of copyright-protected...
  4. Jan

    Telegram complies with Indian court order, hands over pirates' personal details

    Telegram shares pirates' details with book author Popular messaging app Telegram has provided Indian authorities with the names, phone numbers and IP addresses of channel admins on its platform accused of copyright infringement, LiveLaw India reports. The development comes after the Delhi High...
  5. Jan

    Court finds US Navy guilty of "piracy" - the copyright infringing kind

    US Navy found guilty of piracy A court has ordered the US Navy to pay a company $154,400 (R2.61 million) for using its 3D virtual reality software on hundreds of PCs without valid licences, Gizmodo reports. Bitmanagement Software GmbH first filed the lawsuit in 2016, initially seeking...
  6. QuintonB

    Safact goes after more internet pirates

    More Internet piracy criminal charges in SA Safact is casting its net wider, after a case it recently brought against a Cape Flats man resulted in him pleading guilty to criminal Internet piracy charges
  7. jes

    First Internet pirate court case in South Africa update

    First Internet pirate court case in South Africa update SAFACT has provided an update on the court case involving South Africa’s first person accused of online piracy
  8. mercurial

    EU court rules that linking does not infringe on copyrights

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  9. jes

    Copyright owners can’t sue YouTube as a group: judge

    Copyright owners can’t sue YouTube as a group: judge A US judge denied class-action status to copyright owners suing Google over the use of material posted on YouTube without their permission
  10. jes

    P2P file-sharers buy more music

    P2P file-sharers buy more music A public opinion survey has revealed that Americans overwhelmingly oppose disconnection and rate-limiting as penalty for illegal file-sharing.
  11. jes

    Kim Dotcom launches Mega.co.nz, successor to Megaupload

    Kim Dotcom launches Mega.co.nz, successor to Megaupload The mega.co.nz website went live on the anniversary of armed police raids which saw him arrested and Megaupload shuttered.
  12. jes

    Dotcom says "cyberlocker" is legal, not revenge for Megaupload

    Dotcom says "cyberlocker" is legal, not revenge for Megaupload Kim Dotcom, founder of file-sharing website Megaupload, said his new “cyberlocker” is not a way to exact revenge on the US authorities
  13. jes

    Landmark copyright infringement cases

    Landmark copyright infringement cases Some major copyright infringement cases since 1984
  14. jes

    News outlets infringed copyright by using photos posted to Twitter

    News outlets infringed copyright by using photos posted to Twitter A judge has found that two news organizations improperly used images that a photojournalist had posted to Twitter
  15. D

    The $8 Billion iPod - Copyright Math - TED Talk

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZadCj8O1-0&feature=player_embedded A very well thought-out TED Talk on Copyright math - some fun comparisons and a strong tongue-in-cheek.
  16. jes

    Music piracy in SA may lead to bloodbath says CWUSA

    Music piracy in SA may lead to bloodbath says CWUSA “Shoot the pirate” campaign is an emotional response to seemingly ignored problems
  17. jes

    Lady Gaga YouTube account suspended

    Lady Gaga YouTube account suspended Even one of online video’s biggest stars isn’t immune to copyright claims.
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