Megan Thee Stallion sued, Nigerian artist Davido ordered to appear in court and a photographer case is appealed to the Supreme Court.
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/04/30/3-count-time-delay/
RecipeTin Eats vs Brooki Bakehouse: Why copyright in the kitchen is a murky field - By Julia Abbondanza https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/recipetin-eats-vs-brooki-bakehouse-why-copyright-in-the-kitchen-is-a-murky-field/dhahappzf with a comment from me, highlighting how cooking recipes do not fit easily within copyright law. #recipes #copyright #passingoff #consumerlaw #auslaw I also give a bit of a shout-out to the Sprigman book 'The Knockoff Economy' which explores subject matter on the shadowlands of IP - such as recipes, comedy, fashion.
Piracy is surging in Portugal, with over 25% of citizens accessing illegal content—many unaware it’s even illegal. A growing challenge for the media industry.
#Piracy #DigitalRights #Copyright #MediaIndustry #Portugal
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/04/29/piracy-in-portugal-at-alarming-levels/
Photographer’s Lawsuit Could Redefine When Creators Can Sue for Copyright Infringement https://petapixel.com/2025/04/30/photographers-lawsuit-could-redefine-when-creators-can-sue-for-copyright-infringement/ #copyrightinfringement #supremecourt #copyright #lawsuit #News #Law
Another post of mine again about #copyright #ai in general. An hot topic even for developers, isn't it?
https://lovergine.com/again-about-ai-copyright-uses-and-abuses.html
From: blenderdumbass . org
A large majority of people confuse privacy with data protection. And lately I'm noticing an uproar of ideologies that claim to be pro-freedom in one way or another, but which threaten freedom as a whole. I think there is a certain copyright mentality to them. Certain misunderstanding of ownership which makes fighting for freed...
Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/the_copyright_mentality
#Nintendo #Wii #Homebrew channel makes use of a library that might have #copyright issues, github repo has been archived and development stopped.
https://gamerant.com/wii-homebrew-copyright-infringement-stolen-nintendo-code-accusations/
Neu im Forum:
Bilder im BE nur verwenden, wenn copyright vorhanden ist
https://t3forum.net/d/885-bilder-im-be-nur-verwenden-wenn-copyright-vorhanden-ist
In February, I received an email from Reddit saying that it was processing my DMCA notice. One problem, I hadn't sent a DMCA notice.
Chamber of Progress Says Tariffs Are an Excuse to Infringe Copyrights https://illusionofmore.com/chamber-of-progress-says-tariffs-are-an-excuse-to-infringe-copyrights/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_content=muz4now%2Fmagazine%2FCopyright%20and%20other%20IP&utm_medium=mastodon #Copyright
Ziff Davis sues OpenAI, Warner Bros. wins dismissal of Superman lawsuit, and Grumpy Cat shirt lands Australian woman in hot water.
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/04/28/3-count-grumpiest-cat/
Ni som hänger er åt Babblarna för era barn eller barnbarns räkning borde kanske fundera en vända om ni verkligen vill betala pengar till ett företag som blåser en av upphovspersonerna bakom verken.
https://arbetet.se/2023/06/07/pappan-till-babblarna-ar-separerad-sjukskriven-och-svart-skuldsatt/
"Piracy is on the rise! Not surprising considering how bad streaming has become. Why do we need so many subscriptions? The price is getting ridiculous, they've cracked down on password sharing and content has been spread too thin. May as well return to piracy where everything is in one central place."
"The anti-piracy campaign was … not exactly subtle. Its spots ran before movies in theaters and on home media from 2004–2008. One shows a teen girl clicking a big green "Download" button on a website promising "Feature Films"—but when she does so, large white text jumps onto a black backdrop: "You wouldn't steal a car." The text looks like it was applied with spray paint and a stencil.
What font is this? The site Fonts in Use suggests it was FF Confidential, designed by Just van Rossum in 1992.
Melissa Lewis, a reporter at the Center for Investigative Reporting, noticed Fonts in Use's identification, and she remembered that noted "computer person" Parker Higgins had been digging into the "very similar (font) Xband Rough." Lewis contacted van Rossum, who confirmed that Xband Rough was a clone of FF Confidential. "It's just been around forever and is ubiquitous," Lewis writes.
Picking up on these inquiries, a tinkerer going by the handle "Rib" then dug into a PDF from the anti-piracy campaign's archived website. A tool called FontForge indicated that the notable "spray-painted" font used in the PDF was, in fact, XBand Rough.
Van Rossum—who is the brother of Guido van Rossum, creator of the Python programming language—told TorrentFreak that he knew the anti-piracy campaign had used his font, and he knew that the Xband Rough clone existed. He did not know that the industry group had used the knock-off version in its campaign, but he found it "hilarious." Van Rossum, reached for comment by Ars, declined to comment."
Donald #Trump proclaimed yesterday World Intellectual Property Day.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/world-intellectual-property-day-2025/
* Note that it's World Intellectual Property Day, not US Intellectual Property Day.
* He proudly compares his #IP strategy to his "strategic use of #tariffs."
* He's convening "the best and brightest" to serve on a new Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. No names yet.
"As artificial intelligence continues to encroach into the media business, it seems the only options are to join ’em (as we saw this week with The Washington Post) or try to beat ’em, as we’re seeing today with Ziff Davis. Ziff Davis is one of the largest publishers in the U.S. with more than 45 sites globally, including IGN, CNET, Mashable, LifeHacker, and more. The publisher is now suing OpenAI over copyright infringement, claiming the company used Ziff Davis content to and generate responses through ChatGPT, per The New York Times.
“OpenAI seeks to move fast and break things on the assumption that the federal courts will not be able to effectively redress content owners’ sometimes existential concerns before it is too late,” the lawsuit reads (via Reuters). “OpenAI has intentionally and relentlessly reproduced exact copies and created derivatives of Ziff Davis Works without Ziff Davis’s authorization. … OpenAI has taken each of these steps knowing that they violate Ziff Davis’s intellectual property rights and the law.” The suit reportedly seeks hundreds of millions of dollars in damages."
@peterpur if it was my decision, #SmartHome stuff would've a legally mandated support lifecycle of 25-50+ years and had to be #OpenSourced down to every line of code and the schematics of the PCBs and Chips.
Boycott LlamaCon! Meta's staff thinks books are worthless. Let's make sure it's their event that becomes worthless.
#copyright #lamacon #meta
Google and Adobe appear to be abusing copyright to silence a whistleblower's video
https://www.androidpolice.com/adobe-youtube-copyright-claim-silence-whistleblower-video/
