Comcast threatens to sue TorrentFreak blog for publishing public court docs
The phrase “Internet bullying” is most often applied to the online cruelty of teenagers, but Comcast is proving that large corporations can be just as guilty, Goliaths threatening the powerless and...
View ArticleGo thou and steal no more: Treehouse’s latest tool navigates online copyright
Creative CommonsHere’s a new course from Treehouse on how to copyright your web work — and how to use others’ images, code, etc. without getting yourself into legal hot water. The Treehouse lessons,...
View ArticleMusic streaming site Vevo to launch in Germany… but without YouTube
VevoMusic streaming site Vevo, which is run by some of the largest music companies such as Sony Music and Universal Music, is to roll out in Germany without YouTube as a partner. Founded in 2009,...
View ArticleGoogle+ brings attribution and embeds to make sure you get credit where it’s due
Jolie O'Dell/VentureBeatGoogle's Seth Sternberg.SAN FRANCISCO — This morning, Google+ is bringing two important features to its platform: attribution and post embedding. These feature might seem small,...
View ArticleCopyright pirates could lose their Internet access via AT&T
Flickr user Uncle CatherineUpdated 9/16 with clarifications via AT&T, and a correction. If you’re an AT&T Internet customer and the company believes you have been violating copyright law, the...
View ArticleNew ‘eraser bill’ may give California teens a false sense of security
America 2050/ FlickrSenator Darrell Steinberg wrote the bill to protect children who act impetuously Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed the...
View ArticleSupreme Court to review Aereo v. ABC copyright case
Aereo investor Barry Diller.The U.S. Supreme Court will hear broadcasters’ challenges to “TV anywhere” startup Aereo. According to Adweek, at stake is the future of streaming video on the Internet and...
View ArticleHow Washington will affect tech in 2014: 5 policy issues to watch
Orhan Cam / ShutterstockIt seems that every year has gotten busier and busier in the world of tech policy — and that’s generally a good thing. This morning’s news that a federal court has struck down...
View ArticleDeveloper still struggling with YouTube over copyright claim on video of his...
Jeff Grubb/GamesBeatHere's your problem right here -- Content ID is set to "evil."You can own something, put it on YouTube, and still get a copyright-violation notice. YouTube’s copyright-protection...
View ArticleVimeo teams up with Chilling Effects to publicly track copyright complaints
Video sharing site Vimeo is getting more transparent about copyright complaints today with a new partnership. The company has joined the Chilling Effects Clearinghouse project, which publicly tracks...
View ArticleCopyrighting player-generated content in video games
GUEST: Last year, consumers spent more than $21 billion on the video game industry. The Entertainment Software Association reports that almost 60 percent of Americans — roughly 200 million people —...
View ArticleThe crazy copyright that keeps MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech locked up
As millions of netizens visit the home pages of Google, Yahoo, and Hulu on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, his famous “I Have a Dream” Speech will be conspicuously absent. The audio, video, and text...
View ArticleVimeo wins U.S. appeal in music copyright case
(Reuters) — Video-sharing website Vimeo LLC cannot be held liable for copyright infringement for unknowingly hosting older music uploaded by its users, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday, dealing a...
View ArticleCanada pushes back against U.S. copyright demands in NAFTA
The third round of negotiations over the modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is underway right now in Ottawa, and EFF is there to represent you. It’s been a frustrating few...
View ArticleEU Parliament set to vote on copyright bill that’s causing a massive...
Members of the European Parliament are preparing to vote on a set of copyright rules that supporters are hailing as a new dawn for beleaguered creatives and critics are warning will spell doom for the...
View ArticleU.S. Patent and Trademark Office wants your opinion on AI inventions
The U.S. Patent and Trademark's Office wants public comment on patenting artificial intelligence inventions and how AI may reshape intellectual property.Read More
View Article6 tech policy issues you should be following
With the revelation that the government is now — legally — collecting phone records and data from the top U.S. tech companies, it’s time to begin paying attention to the most pressing tech policies...
View ArticleChinese court rules AI-written article is protected by copyright
A court in Shenzhen, China, has ruled that an article produced by AI is protected by copyright, representing a notable milestone for AI as a creative force. Read More
View ArticleNFTs and copyright: An uncomfortable conjunction?
When NFTs of art and other digital objects are sold, the copyright stays with the original owner and does not get transferred to the buyer.Read More
View ArticleThe perks and pitfalls of creating prolific AI inventors
As more AI “invents,” they may become prolific inventors of the future. If patents are granted, who should get the rewards?Read More
View ArticleAdobe bets on generative AI with ‘Firefly’ tool to create images from text
Adobe announced a series of AI initiatives on Tuesday, including Firefly, a generative AI tool that generates images using text prompts.Read More
View ArticleOpenAI seeks to dismiss majority of Sarah Silverman’s and authors’ claims in...
OpenAI asserted that fair use can accommodate innovations like LLMs, and is aligned with the constitutional intent of copyright.Read More
View ArticleMeet Phi-1.5, the new language model that could make training AI radically...
By generating curated, high quality, synthetic data using existing LLMs and training a new model on this, the researchers are able to achieveRead More
View ArticleMetaphysic Pro wants performers to copyright, manage, and monetize their...
Metaphysic, for its part, believes its approach allows actors to retain control over their likeness — giving them the power and legal right.Read More
View ArticleResearchers turn to Harry Potter to make AI forget about copyrighted material
Their unlearning technique may also be more effective for fictional texts than non-fiction, since fictional worlds contain more unique...Read More
View ArticleMajor music publishers sue Anthropic for copyright infringement over song lyrics
This lawsuit follows Amazon’s massive $4 billion investment into the San Francisco-based LLM development company.Read More
View ArticleMidjourney, Stability AI and DeviantArt win a victory in copyright case by...
The AI image generator companies filed a motion to dismiss the copyright case against them by artists, and Orrick largely granted it.Read More
View ArticleFTC takes shots at AI in rare filing to US Copyright Office
Critics are accusing the FTC of overstepping its bounds and ultimately undermining the long-held legal doctrine of Fair Use.Read More
View ArticleThe copyright case against AI art generators just got stronger with more...
AI art generators did rely on human-made artworks — including likely some copyrighted artworks — to train their models.Read More
View ArticleNightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for...
The tool's creators are seeking to make it so that AI model developers must pay artists to train on data from them that is uncorrupted.Read More
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