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Music production
fromThe Verge
15 hours ago

A folk musician became a target for AI fakes and a copyright troll

AI-generated covers of public domain songs were uploaded to streaming platforms under Murphy Campbell's name, leading to copyright issues.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Six great reads: the OnlyFans legacy, stolen cargo and Meta's creepy' glasses

Leonid Radvinsky's death leaves a void in the leadership of OnlyFans, a platform that has transformed the adult content landscape. His secretive management style and the controversies surrounding the site have raised questions about its future direction and stability.
Photography
#copyright-law
Intellectual property law
fromThe IP Law Blog
5 days ago

Tropes Aren't Theft: What Freeman v. Wolff Teaches About Substantial Similarity in YA Fantasy Fiction

The court ruled that substantial similarity in copyright law requires more than just shared themes or ideas, emphasizing the importance of protectable expression.
Intellectual property law
fromThe IP Law Blog
5 days ago

Tropes Aren't Theft: What Freeman v. Wolff Teaches About Substantial Similarity in YA Fantasy Fiction

The court ruled that substantial similarity in copyright law requires more than just shared themes or ideas, emphasizing the importance of protectable expression.
Software development
fromArs Technica
2 days ago

Anthropic says its leak-focused DMCA effort unintentionally hit legit GitHub forks

Anthropic's DMCA takedown mistakenly removed legitimate forks of its code, leading to backlash and a request for reinstatement of affected repositories.
Marketing tech
fromForbes
1 day ago

From Streaming To AI: Agency Leaders' Next Big Media Bets

Streaming platform consolidation is reshaping agency strategies, emphasizing precision and adaptability in targeting consumer attention.
DevOps
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

Anthropic essentially bans OpenClaw from Claude by making subscribers pay extra

Claude subscriptions will no longer cover third-party tools starting tomorrow at 12pm PT.
#meta
fromTechdirt
2 days ago
Social media marketing

Meta Caves To The MPAA Over Instagram's Use Of 'PG-13,' Ending A Dispute That Was Silly From The Start

fromWIRED
1 day ago
Information security

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk

Law
fromwww.cnbc.com
1 day ago

Meta, Google under attack as court cases bypass 30-year-old legal shield

Meta and Google face legal challenges undermining their protections under Section 230, particularly regarding child safety and content moderation.
Tech industry
fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

What's next for Meta in the wake of trial losses and layoffs?

Meta faces significant challenges with legal rulings and a shift in focus from the Metaverse to artificial intelligence.
Social media marketing
fromDigiday
3 days ago

Meta's bid to woo creators to Facebook just might work, despite its recent legal woes

Meta's Facebook Creator Fast Track program offers guaranteed payouts to attract creators, despite recent legal challenges regarding user safety.
fromTechdirt
2 days ago
Social media marketing

Meta Caves To The MPAA Over Instagram's Use Of 'PG-13,' Ending A Dispute That Was Silly From The Start

Information security
fromWIRED
1 day ago

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk

Meta has paused work with Mercor due to a major security breach affecting data used for AI training.
Law
fromwww.cnbc.com
1 day ago

Meta, Google under attack as court cases bypass 30-year-old legal shield

Meta and Google face legal challenges undermining their protections under Section 230, particularly regarding child safety and content moderation.
Tech industry
fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

What's next for Meta in the wake of trial losses and layoffs?

Meta faces significant challenges with legal rulings and a shift in focus from the Metaverse to artificial intelligence.
Social media marketing
fromDigiday
3 days ago

Meta's bid to woo creators to Facebook just might work, despite its recent legal woes

Meta's Facebook Creator Fast Track program offers guaranteed payouts to attract creators, despite recent legal challenges regarding user safety.
fromFast Company
1 day ago

HarperCollins is forging ahead with AI-assisted dramas based on books. Some authors have concerns

Toonstar's proven ability to translate beloved stories into engaging animation, while keeping artists at the center of the process, makes them the ideal partner to bring Friendship List and other popular titles to new audiences in formats today's families love.
Media industry
fromTheregister
1 day ago

Now even Netflix has its own video AI

VOID stands for Video Object and Interaction Deletion. It's a VLM (vision-language model) that can not only erase objects from a scene but can also inpaint how remaining objects in the scene should behave without the influence of whatever was excised.
Independent films
#3d-printing
fromIrish Independent
2 days ago

Sky should drop 'greedy' legal action against dodgy box users, TD Paul Murphy says

Sky intends to use the information obtained from a court case to take legal actions against the resellers and some of the end users, marking the first time end users could face legal action.
EU data protection
#ai
fromFortune
1 day ago
Digital life

Internet Watch Foundation finds 260-fold increase in AI-generated CSAM in just one year, and 'it's the tip of the iceberg' | Fortune

fromFuturism
1 day ago
Intellectual property law

Anthropic Suddenly Cares Intensely About Intellectual Property After Realizing With Horror That It Accidentally Leaked Claude's Source Code

Law
fromAdExchanger
4 days ago

AI Is Moving Fast. The Law, Not So Much | AdExchanger

AI technology is advancing rapidly, outpacing legal frameworks and creating challenges in regulation and data management.
fromwww.businessinsider.com
3 days ago
Intellectual property law

Anthropic gets a taste of its own medicine

Anthropic issued a copyright takedown for leaked Claude Code, highlighting the irony of using stolen information while facing lawsuits for similar practices.
Digital life
fromFortune
1 day ago

Internet Watch Foundation finds 260-fold increase in AI-generated CSAM in just one year, and 'it's the tip of the iceberg' | Fortune

AI-generated child sexual abuse material is surging, fundamentally changing targeting methods and overwhelming investigators.
Intellectual property law
fromFuturism
1 day ago

Anthropic Suddenly Cares Intensely About Intellectual Property After Realizing With Horror That It Accidentally Leaked Claude's Source Code

Anthropic's copyright takedown request for its AI model's source code highlights hypocrisy in its stance on copyright laws.
Law
fromAdExchanger
4 days ago

AI Is Moving Fast. The Law, Not So Much | AdExchanger

AI technology is advancing rapidly, outpacing legal frameworks and creating challenges in regulation and data management.
Video games
fromKotaku
1 day ago

Peak Devs Call Out Entitled Gamers Who Want Endless Free Updates

Endless support for games is not guaranteed; updates are considered a bonus, not a right.
fromwww.businessinsider.com
1 day ago

Eddy Cue on how iTunes became Apple's services blueprint

"It truly revolutionized music, and it really gave us a whole different perspective of what services can do," Cue said.
Apple
fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

Verdicts against Meta and Google may bring a new era of big tech accountability

"We appealed and appealed and lost every appeal. And then the case was ultimately dismissed."
US news
#youtube
Education
fromFast Company
3 days ago

YouTube blasted by hundreds of experts over 'AI slop' videos served up to kids

YouTube faces criticism for AI-generated videos harming children's development and is urged to label and restrict such content.
Education
fromFast Company
3 days ago

YouTube blasted by hundreds of experts over 'AI slop' videos served up to kids

YouTube faces criticism for AI-generated videos harming children's development and is urged to label and restrict such content.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
3 days ago

New laws to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and get refunds

New laws will simplify subscription cancellations and refunds, potentially saving consumers nearly £170 annually.
European startups
fromTheregister
4 days ago

Microsoft to face CMA scrutiny over cloud software licensing

The UK's competition watchdog is investigating Microsoft's licensing policies for reducing competition in the cloud market.
#illegal-streaming
fromIndependent
2 days ago
Media industry

Inside Sky's war on dodgy boxes: 'A member of the family who is a garda has one - half the station has them'

fromIndependent
2 days ago
Media industry

Inside Sky's war on dodgy boxes: 'A member of the family who is a garda has one - half the station has them'

fromIndependent
2 days ago
Media industry

Sky's war on dodgy boxes: 'A member of the family who is a garda has one - half the station has them'

fromIndependent
2 days ago
Media industry

Inside Sky's war on dodgy boxes: 'A member of the family who is a garda has one - half the station has them'

fromIndependent
2 days ago
Media industry

Inside Sky's war on dodgy boxes: 'A member of the family who is a garda has one - half the station has them'

fromIndependent
2 days ago
Media industry

Sky's war on dodgy boxes: 'A member of the family who is a garda has one - half the station has them'

Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
2 days ago

Johnny On The Spotify; DOJ Closes The Book On A Rental Ads Scam | AdExchanger

Spotify's ad business faces challenges due to preference for direct podcast deals and lagging audio ad spend.
Video games
fromEngadget
3 days ago

MindsEye will litigate its own launch 'sabotage' controversy in DLC form

Build a Rocket Boy plans to reveal evidence of corporate sabotage in a new mission for MindsEye.
Digital life
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

A Landmark Suit Against Meta and YouTube Opens the Floodgate for AI Litigation

A jury found big tech liable for addictive design features, establishing a precedent for legal action against social media companies for psychological harm.
#openai
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
6 days ago

Digest: OpenAI Extends Ad Pilot Beyond April; X Ad Boycott Lawsuit Dismissed by US Judge; Disney+ Seals RTVE Fast-Stream Deal

OpenAI extends its ad pilot internationally, while a lawsuit against X over an ad boycott is dismissed, and Disney+ strikes a streaming deal with RTVE.
Artificial intelligence
fromAxios
5 days ago

AI distances itself from adult content that once drove the tech revolution

OpenAI canceled plans for adult content due to safety concerns and regulatory pressures from investors and internal teams.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
6 days ago

Digest: OpenAI Extends Ad Pilot Beyond April; X Ad Boycott Lawsuit Dismissed by US Judge; Disney+ Seals RTVE Fast-Stream Deal

OpenAI extends its ad pilot internationally, while a lawsuit against X over an ad boycott is dismissed, and Disney+ strikes a streaming deal with RTVE.
Artificial intelligence
fromAxios
5 days ago

AI distances itself from adult content that once drove the tech revolution

OpenAI canceled plans for adult content due to safety concerns and regulatory pressures from investors and internal teams.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

The Guardian view on changes to copyright laws: authors should be protected over big tech | Editorial

Writers are protesting unauthorized AI training on their work through labeling schemes and blank books, demanding government protection against copyright relaxation that would allow AI companies to use their content without consent or payment.
#social-media
Media industry
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Meta's court losses could be just the beginning

Recent jury verdicts against social media platforms may signal a shift in legal accountability for their design and structure.
Media industry
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Meta's court losses could be just the beginning

Recent jury verdicts against social media platforms may signal a shift in legal accountability for their design and structure.
EU data protection
fromComputerworld
2 weeks ago

The UK may require AI-generated content to be labeled

The UK is considering AI-generated content labeling requirements to help consumers identify AI material while protecting against deepfakes and disinformation, without hindering AI sector growth.
Media industry
fromTheWrap
3 days ago

Creatorverse: Meta and Google's Child Safety Cases Will Impact Creators

Meta and Google face significant legal rulings regarding child safety on social media, prompting potential design changes and impacting the creator economy.
fromComputerworld
2 days ago

OnlyOffice accuses Euro-Office of licensing violations, suspends Nextcloud partnership

OnlyOffice stated that those accessing its code under the GNU Affero General Public License v3 are required to retain its branding and provide proper attribution to the original technology. Euro-Office's failure to meet these conditions constitutes an infringement of the copyright holder's exclusive rights.
Intellectual property law
Media industry
fromDigiday
3 days ago

Media Briefing: Publishers debate the value of AI licensing and GEO

Publishing executives discussed the challenges and opportunities of AI search optimization and licensing deals during the Digiday Publishing Summit.
#copyright
Social media marketing
fromwww.socialmediatoday.com
3 weeks ago

Meta adds more measures to ensure original creators get credit

Meta updated content guidelines to define original content more strictly, penalizing reaction videos and non-original posts while providing creators tools to detect reposting and impersonation.
Media industry
fromDigiday
4 days ago

Future of TV Briefing: What publishers have to offer creators

Publishers are increasingly collaborating with creators to enhance revenue opportunities and audience reach.
Intellectual property law
fromKotaku
3 days ago

Nintendo Loses Yet Another Battle In Its Pokemon Patent Trolling

Nintendo's patent on character summoning has been rejected by a U.S. patent examiner, marking a significant setback for the company.
Media industry
fromExchangewire
6 days ago

How Publishers are Balancing AI Fear with Opportunity

The publishing industry is navigating AI adoption with a focus on innovation while maintaining quality and ethical standards.
Privacy technologies
fromWIRED
1 month ago

The Piracy Problem Streaming Platforms Can't Solve

Piracy in MENA stems from structural barriers including lack of local platforms, payment access limitations, internet censorship, and historical perceptions of free online content rather than cultural preferences.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
4 days ago

WIPO in Focus: Beyond Treaties, Toward a Market-Driven IP System | IPWatchdog Unleashed

WIPO is not merely a distant UN bureaucracy; it is a dynamic, fee-driven organization that has been undergoing significant operational and cultural transformation in recent years.
Intellectual property law
Media industry
fromFast Company
1 week ago

Why Cloudflare is protecting publishers from content piracy

Cloudflare is implementing measures to ensure AI companies pay for original content instead of using it for free.
#ai-content-licensing
Marketing tech
fromDigiday
1 month ago

WTF is pay per 'demonstrated' value in AI content licensing?

Publishers and AI companies are developing 'pay-per-value' compensation models that align publisher earnings with the actual value their content contributes to AI system queries.
Marketing tech
fromDigiday
1 month ago

WTF is pay per 'demonstrated' value in AI content licensing?

Publishers and AI companies are developing 'pay-per-value' compensation models that align publisher earnings with the actual value their content contributes to AI system queries.
#ai-copyright-policy
Intellectual property law
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 weeks ago

UK government puts brakes on opt-out copyright exemption for AI | Computer Weekly

The UK government abandoned its preferred opt-out copyright exemption for AI training after overwhelming public opposition, but remains open to alternative copyright reform approaches.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Actors, musicians and writers welcome UK U-turn on AI copyright

The UK government reversed its plan to allow AI firms to use copyrighted work without permission, following widespread backlash from artists and creative industry organizations.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Government backtracks on AI and copyright after outcry from major artists

The UK government reversed its AI copyright policy allowing opt-out training of copyrighted works after creative industry backlash, now seeking a balanced approach without a preferred solution.
fromTheregister
1 month ago

AWS will not protect users from media codec patent holders

In a February 2 notification sent to relevant customers, the cloud giant says it is updating its Service Terms to specify it does not have "defense or payment obligations for third-party patent claims against you related to use of these services for audio/video encoding, decoding, or transcoding." The services in question are AWS Elemental MediaLive, AWS Elemental MediaConvert, Amazon Interactive Video Service, Chime SDK, Amazon GameLift Streams, and Amazon Kinesis Video Services.
Tech industry
Information security
fromInc
1 month ago

Platforms Can't Stop Live Pirates with Yesterday's Tools

Real-time fraudulent live streams impersonate brands and executives to steal credentials and money, exploiting platforms' inadequate live-moderation and causing rapid financial and reputational harm.
Intellectual property law
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
2 weeks ago

Organizations Warn Fast-Track of Bill to Separate Copyright Office from Library of Congress Would Be a 'Grave Mistake'

A coalition of consumer rights and library groups opposes fast-tracking H.R. 6028, which would separate the Copyright Office from the Library of Congress and restructure leadership appointments, urging regular legislative procedures to prevent unintended consequences.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

What you need to know about copyright issues surrounding generative AI

Generative AI boosts marketing creativity but creates complex copyright risks because models are trained on vast copyrighted datasets, prompting artist protests and lawsuits.
fromDigiday
1 month ago

In Graphic Detail: AI licensing deals, protection measures aren't slowing web scraping

New data is reinforcing a structural shift in how AI systems access publisher content: AI models are increasingly scraping publisher content, regardless of bot-blocking measures or content licensing deals meant to control usage, improve attribution or drive referral traffic. New research from analytics firms and bot-tracking companies shows AI tools are increasingly crawling publisher sites as inputs for AI-generated summaries and training, while sending back only limited referral traffic.
Artificial intelligence
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 month ago

AI and Copyright: How Lessons from Litigation Can Pave the Way to Licensing

As the AI revolution accelerates and continues to reshape traditional business models, it has triggered a cascade of new legal, regulatory and policy challenges. At the forefront of these emerging issues are a growing number of high-stakes legal battles between content creators and major Generative AI (GenAI) companies behind large language models (LLMs). This article examines key legal themes and critical questions arising from recent developments at the intersection of AI and Copyright law.
Intellectual property law
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
2 months ago

Creators Launch Campaign to Counter Big Tech's Alleged AI Copyright Theft

The campaign argues that in the race for dominance in the new GenAI technology, some of the world's wealthiest tech companies, along with private equity-backed ventures, have engaged in a "massive rip-off" of creative content without authorization or compensation. According to the campaign, this practice "imperils U.S. jobs, economic growth and global 'soft power' supported by the U.S. creative industries." The campaign warns that this widespread infringement erodes the foundation of the U.S. entertainment industry and disincentivizes the creation of new works.
Intellectual property law
#fair-use
Intellectual property law
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

X accuses music publishers of 'weaponizing' DMCA takedowns

X is suing music publishers and the NMPA for alleged coercion and collusion over licensing, claiming DMCA takedown "weaponization" and seeking damages and an injunction.
Intellectual property law
fromThe IP Law Blog
2 months ago

The Briefing: 2025 IP Resolutions Start With a Review of IP Assets (Featured)

Regular IP audits and proactive tracking of trademarks, copyrights, and patents protect and strengthen a company's valuable intellectual property assets.
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