Category: AI & Copyright
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Chinese court rules AI-generated images of “Ultraman” infringe copyright
The Hangzhou Internet Court has found that a GenAI platform’s image generation of the Japanese sci-fi character Ultraman constituted contributory infringement of information network dissemination rights, and ordered it to pay 30,000 Chinese yuan ($4,206) in damages.
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Biggest copyright holder win against AI provider so far: ThomsonReuters defeats Ross on summary judgment, overcomes ‘fair use’ defense
This is arguably the most important judicial decision in an AI copyright context to date.
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Indian publishers seek to join copyright infringement suit against OpenAI, first Delhi High Court hearing tomorrow
The Federation of Indian Publishers has filed India’s second high-profile action against OpenAI, alleging it has used its members’ copyright-protected work to train its ChatGPT service.
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German music rights collecting society sues Suno over infringement of copyrights in world-famous compositions
Context: A couple of months ago, German music rights collecting society GEMA sued OpenAI in the Landgericht München I (Munich I Regional Court), alleging the AI provider’s infringement of song lyrics by GEMA’s members (November 14, 2024 ai fray article). At a subsequent press conference, GEMA explained in further detail the reasons for that enforcement…
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Korean broadcasters target top national search engine Naver in first-ever domestic AI copyright infringement suit
South Korea’s SBS, KBS and MBC are seeking damages from Naver for using their articles to train its GenAI platforms HyperClova and HyperClova X without their permission, which they claim also violates national antitrust rules.
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“We want Britain to shape the AI revolution”: UK government publishes AI action plan
The new plan will make the UK “irresistible” to AI firms and includes changes such as encouraging public and private data licensing, and reforming the UK text and data mining regime so it is “at least as competitive as the EU”, British government says.
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Delhi High Court to hear AI copyright infringement petition seeking legislative amendments as deepfake pressures mount
Petition follows formation of national deepfake committee and separate lawsuit against OpenAI, indicating mounting pressure in India over regulation of AI.
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Canadian news organizations add to OpenAI’s growing copyright infringement docket, seeking billions in damages
Top news publishers Toronto Star, Metroland Media, The Globe and Mail and CBC, are bringing the first-ever high-profile claim to be filed against the ChatGPT owner in Canada.
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Indian news agency seeks world’s first preliminary injunction against OpenAI over copyright infringement; court appoints experts
Context: Last week, a copyright infringement lawsuit by India’s Asian News International (ANI) against OpenAI became discoverable in the Delhi High Court (HC) (November 18, 2024 ai fray article). An initial case management conference was held the following day, and OpenAI’s counsel declared that his client had stopped training ChatGPT with ANI’s content as of…