Category: AI & Copyright
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OpenAI, Microsoft defeat parts of NYT’s, other news industry plaintiffs’ copyright lawsuits at earliest stage; but summary judgment will be bigger
OpenAI and Microsoft have achieved a partial victory over copyright infringement lawsuits brought by the New York Times and other plaintiffs from the news industry, but the key battle will be summary judgment.
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Music publishers denied preliminary injunction in U.S. copyright infringement suit against Anthropic
The suit is one of a growing number of complaints filed against AI providers for copyright infringement in the music industry.
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French authors, publishers sue Meta in landmark AI copyright suit
The lawsuit is necessary to protect French authors and publishers from AI which “plunders their works and cultural heritage” to train itself, three of the country’s largest author and publisher trade associations have stated.
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European Commission’s third draft of General-Purpose AI Code of Practice: finer KPIs but ‘still risks undermining the EU’s digital competitiveness’
The third and final draft, ahead of expected publication in May, has more specific guidelines on copyright compliance, including text and data mining – but those obligations could “threaten trade secrets”, CCIA Europe has said.
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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.