Posts Tagged ‘copyright’
Major Music Labels Sue AI Startups Over Copyright Infringement
Some of the world’s major music labels are suing music generation services Suno and Udio, accusing the startups of violating the copyrights of top artists to train their generative AI engines without permission. Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Records, Capitol Records and others — who filed the copyright infringement suits on Monday in federal courts in…
Read MoreNY Times’ Wordle Copyright Enforcement Sparks Controversy Among Developers
The New York Times has embarked on a campaign to protect its intellectual property rights by sending Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices to developers who have created games similar to its popular Wordle puzzle. This move, aimed at defending the newspaper’s ownership of the game’s mechanics and concepts, has sparked intense debate over…
Read MoreElon Musk’s X Faces $250M Copyright Lawsuit Over Alleged Music Piracy Facilitation
A federal judge has given the green light for parts of a $250 million copyright lawsuit against Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, to proceed, dealing a blow to the social media company. The lawsuit, filed by the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) last June, alleges that X facilitated the unauthorized use of artists’…
Read MoreAuthors sue Microsoft, OpenAI for copyright infringement in new lawsuit
OpenAIIANS San Altman-run OpenAI and Microsoft have been hit by another class-action lawsuit by book authors, who alleged that the company “simply stole” their copyrighted works to help “build a billion-dollar artificial intelligence system”. The lawsuit was filed in the Manhattan federal court late on Friday by non-fiction authors Nicholas Basbanes and Nicholas Gage, reports…
Read MoreMickey Mouse Horror Films Announced As Disney Copyright Expires
Oh boy! Barely 24 hours after Disney’s initial copyright on Mickey Mouse expired, two new indie horror films starring the beloved character have been announced. “Steamboat Willie,” the first Disney movie to feature Mickey, entered the public domain under US law on Monday, 95 years on from its initial release. That means anyone is now…
Read MoreLegal Battles Loom As First Mickey Mouse Copyright Ends
Almost a century after his big-screen debut, Mickey Mouse enters the public domain Monday, opening the floodgates to potential remakes, spin-offs, adaptations… and legal battles with Disney. The copyright on “Steamboat Willie” — a short, black-and-white 1928 animation that first introduced audiences to the mischievous rodent who would become emblematic of American pop culture —…
Read MoreNew York Times Sues OpenAI, Microsoft In Copyright Clash
The New York Times sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft in a US court on Wednesday, alleging that the companies’ powerful AI models used millions of articles for training without permission. Through their AI chatbots, the companies “seek to free-ride on The Times’ massive investment in its journalism by using it to build substitutive products without…
Read MoreNew York Times Files Lawsuit Against Microsoft, OpenAI For Chatbot Copyright Infringement
In what could be the first major legal salvo fired between traditional journalism and the emerging technology of artificial intelligence, The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI on Wednesday. Alleging that the tech companies are using and misusing the newspaper’s copyrighted material without its permission, NYT claims that Microsoft and OpenAI,…
Read MoreChatGPT Dragged To US Court Over AI Copyright
Artificial intelligence program ChatGPT is facing a series of lawsuits by plaintiffs who accuse the company OpenAI of copyright infringement AFP US comedian Sarah Silverman and two other authors have sued Open AI over copyright infringement in the latest pushback by creatives since the company’s release of ChatGPT took the world by storm. The plaintiffs…
Read MoreBritish Musician Ed Sheeran Wins US Copyright Trial
Ed Sheeran leaves after testifying over copyright infringement claim at the Manhattan federal court in New York on April 25, 2023 AFP British pop phenom Ed Sheeran did not plagiarize Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” when composing his 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud,” a US jury ruled Thursday. Sheeran stood up and hugged his…
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