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New York Times Reporter, Authors Sue Google, OpenAI, Meta Over AI-Based Copyright Infringement
A group of authors, including New York Times reporter John Carreyrou, has filed a copyright lawsuit against several major AI companies, alleging unauthorised use of their books to train models. Defendants named in the complaint include Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Perplexity, and xAI, the first time the Elon Musk-owned AI firm has been sued on ...
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Disney CEO Says AI Deal With OpenAI Is Exclusive For Just One Year: Report
Disney CEO Bob Iger has said the company’s deal with OpenAI is only exclusive for one year, not the full three-year term. Disney is open to using AI, but wants tight control over its characters. The strategy lets Disney earn licensing fees, learn from OpenAI’s tools, and keep the option open to work with other AI companies later.
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Government Body Recommends AI Companies Pay Royalties to Rightsholders for Copyrighted Content
DPIIT has proposed a mandatory blanket licensing system to address copyright concerns around AI training in India. The draft paper recommends requiring companies like Google and OpenAI to pay a flat royalty when commercial models are trained on copyrighted works, with payments managed by a new central body. The plan rejects free use or opt-out sche...
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Getty Images Suffers Major Defeat In Lawsuit Against British AI Firm
US media company Getty Images largely lost a case it brought against a British AI firm over use of its copyrighted content without permission, a court in London said on Tuesday.
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OpenAI Faces Backlash from Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco Over AI-Generated Anime Videos
OpenAI has been urged by Japan’s Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) to stop training its AI models on copyrighted anime and gaming content. CODA, representing major publishers behind Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, Final Fantasy and Studio Ghibli classics, said Sora 2 outputs closely resemble protected works, potentially indicating ...
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Reddit Sues Perplexity for Scraping Data to Train AI System
Reddit has sued AI startup Perplexity and three other firms, accusing them of illegally scraping its data to train Perplexity’s AI search engine. The complaint claims the companies bypassed Reddit’s protections to steal data needed for Perplexity’s “answer engine.” This case joins a growing list of lawsuits by content owners over unauthor...
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Japan Tells OpenAI to Stop Using Mario, Pikachu, and Anime Characters in Sora 2 Videos: Report
Japan has reportedly asked OpenAI to halt copyright infringement linked to its Sora 2 video model, which can recreate famous anime and game characters like Pikachu and Goku. The government’s formal request highlights rising concerns over AI-generated media using Japanese IP without consent. OpenAI recently switched Sora to an opt-in policy for ri...
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Apple Sued Over Use Of Copyrighted Books To Train Apple Intelligence
Apple was hit with a lawsuit in California federal court by a pair of neuroscientists who say that the tech company misused thousands of copyrighted books to train its Apple Intelligence artificial intelligence model.
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OpenAI Changes Sora App’s Policy for Copyright Holders, Gives Users More Control Over Cameos
OpenAI has updated its Sora app policies to give copyright holders and users more control. Rightsholders must now opt in, rather than opt out, for their characters to appear in AI-generated videos, meaning many copyrighted characters could disappear. Users can also restrict how their likeness is used through new Cameo preference settings.
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Opinion | A $1.5 Billion Lesson: Why An AI Firm Is On The Verge Of Destroying Its Data
The Anthropic settlement marks a turning point. For the first time, an AI company has acknowledged - through its willingness to pay a historic settlement - that copyright holders deserve meaningful compensation.
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Apple Faces Lawsuit Over Allegedly Training Its AI Models on Copyrighted Books
Apple is facing a new lawsuit filed on Friday, accusing the company of training its artificial intelligence (AI) on copyrighted books. The complaint, brought forward by two authors, claims that pirated copies of their works were included in the datasets used to train OpenELM, the open-source AI model Apple introduced last year.
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Warner Bros. Discovery Copyright Lawsuit Targets Midjourney for Generating Batman and Superman Images
Warner Bros. Discovery filed a lawsuit against Midjourney for “brazenly dispensing” reproductions of its copyrighted works on Thursday. The media and entertainment company alleged that the AI firm’s image and video generators generate outputs with striking resemblance to its intellectual property, including characters such as Batman, Superman...
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Anthropic Destroyed Millions Of Books To Train Its AI Models: Report
Anthropic purchased the books in bulk from major retailers to sidestep licensing issues and destroyed them in the process.
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Denmark To Allow Citizens To Copyright Themselves To Fight AI Deepfakes
The changes to the law would theoretically allow Danish citizens to ask online platforms to remove such content if it is shared without consent.
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Microsoft Sued by Authors Over Use of Books in AI Training
A group of authors is suing Microsoft, alleging it used their books without permission to train its Megatron AI model. The complaint against Microsoft came a day after a California federal judge ruled that Anthropic made fair use under US copyright law of authors' material to train its AI systems but may still be liable for pirating their books.
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New York Times Reporter, Authors Sue Google, OpenAI, Meta Over AI-Based Copyright Infringement
A group of authors, including New York Times reporter John Carreyrou, has filed a copyright lawsuit against several major AI companies, alleging unauthorised use of their books to train models. Defendants named in the complaint include Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Perplexity, and xAI, the first time the Elon Musk-owned AI firm has been sued on ...
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Disney CEO Says AI Deal With OpenAI Is Exclusive For Just One Year: Report
Disney CEO Bob Iger has said the company’s deal with OpenAI is only exclusive for one year, not the full three-year term. Disney is open to using AI, but wants tight control over its characters. The strategy lets Disney earn licensing fees, learn from OpenAI’s tools, and keep the option open to work with other AI companies later.
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Government Body Recommends AI Companies Pay Royalties to Rightsholders for Copyrighted Content
DPIIT has proposed a mandatory blanket licensing system to address copyright concerns around AI training in India. The draft paper recommends requiring companies like Google and OpenAI to pay a flat royalty when commercial models are trained on copyrighted works, with payments managed by a new central body. The plan rejects free use or opt-out sche...
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Getty Images Suffers Major Defeat In Lawsuit Against British AI Firm
US media company Getty Images largely lost a case it brought against a British AI firm over use of its copyrighted content without permission, a court in London said on Tuesday.
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OpenAI Faces Backlash from Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco Over AI-Generated Anime Videos
OpenAI has been urged by Japan’s Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) to stop training its AI models on copyrighted anime and gaming content. CODA, representing major publishers behind Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, Final Fantasy and Studio Ghibli classics, said Sora 2 outputs closely resemble protected works, potentially indicating ...
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Reddit Sues Perplexity for Scraping Data to Train AI System
Reddit has sued AI startup Perplexity and three other firms, accusing them of illegally scraping its data to train Perplexity’s AI search engine. The complaint claims the companies bypassed Reddit’s protections to steal data needed for Perplexity’s “answer engine.” This case joins a growing list of lawsuits by content owners over unauthor...
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Japan Tells OpenAI to Stop Using Mario, Pikachu, and Anime Characters in Sora 2 Videos: Report
Japan has reportedly asked OpenAI to halt copyright infringement linked to its Sora 2 video model, which can recreate famous anime and game characters like Pikachu and Goku. The government’s formal request highlights rising concerns over AI-generated media using Japanese IP without consent. OpenAI recently switched Sora to an opt-in policy for ri...
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Apple Sued Over Use Of Copyrighted Books To Train Apple Intelligence
Apple was hit with a lawsuit in California federal court by a pair of neuroscientists who say that the tech company misused thousands of copyrighted books to train its Apple Intelligence artificial intelligence model.
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OpenAI Changes Sora App’s Policy for Copyright Holders, Gives Users More Control Over Cameos
OpenAI has updated its Sora app policies to give copyright holders and users more control. Rightsholders must now opt in, rather than opt out, for their characters to appear in AI-generated videos, meaning many copyrighted characters could disappear. Users can also restrict how their likeness is used through new Cameo preference settings.
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Opinion | A $1.5 Billion Lesson: Why An AI Firm Is On The Verge Of Destroying Its Data
The Anthropic settlement marks a turning point. For the first time, an AI company has acknowledged - through its willingness to pay a historic settlement - that copyright holders deserve meaningful compensation.
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Apple Faces Lawsuit Over Allegedly Training Its AI Models on Copyrighted Books
Apple is facing a new lawsuit filed on Friday, accusing the company of training its artificial intelligence (AI) on copyrighted books. The complaint, brought forward by two authors, claims that pirated copies of their works were included in the datasets used to train OpenELM, the open-source AI model Apple introduced last year.
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Warner Bros. Discovery Copyright Lawsuit Targets Midjourney for Generating Batman and Superman Images
Warner Bros. Discovery filed a lawsuit against Midjourney for “brazenly dispensing” reproductions of its copyrighted works on Thursday. The media and entertainment company alleged that the AI firm’s image and video generators generate outputs with striking resemblance to its intellectual property, including characters such as Batman, Superman...
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Anthropic Destroyed Millions Of Books To Train Its AI Models: Report
Anthropic purchased the books in bulk from major retailers to sidestep licensing issues and destroyed them in the process.
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Denmark To Allow Citizens To Copyright Themselves To Fight AI Deepfakes
The changes to the law would theoretically allow Danish citizens to ask online platforms to remove such content if it is shared without consent.
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Microsoft Sued by Authors Over Use of Books in AI Training
A group of authors is suing Microsoft, alleging it used their books without permission to train its Megatron AI model. The complaint against Microsoft came a day after a California federal judge ruled that Anthropic made fair use under US copyright law of authors' material to train its AI systems but may still be liable for pirating their books.
