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"Fair Use Isn't Piracy": Raghav Chadha Demands Amendments In Copyright Act
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha on Thursday sought key amendments to the Copyright Act of 1957 to safeguard the interests of digital content creators, saying their livelihoods should be determined by law and not by "arbitrary algorithms".
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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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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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US Court Sides With Meta In AI Training Copyright Case
A US judge on Wednesday handed Meta a victory over authors who accused the tech giant of violating copyright law by training Llama artificial intelligence on their creations without permission.
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Anthropic Wins Key US Ruling on AI Training in Authors' Copyright Lawsuit
Anthropic's use of books without permission to train its AI system was legal under US copyright law, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled late on Monday. The company told the court that it made fair use of the books and that US copyright law "not only allows, but encourages" its AI training because it promotes human creativity.
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India Panel to Review Copyright Law Amid Legal Challenges to OpenAI
India has set up a panel to review if existing copyright law is sufficient to tackle AI-related disputes. The memo, which is not public, said the commerce ministry set up a panel of eight experts last month to examine issues related to AI and their implications for India's copyright law.
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Court Lays Down Tests To Distinguish Work Under Copyright From Design Laws
The Supreme Court on Tuesday laid down a framework to distinguish between works protected under the Copyright Act and designs eligible for protection under the Designs Act.
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UK Musicians' 'Silent Album' Protest To Proposed Changes To Copyright Laws
If passed, the new British copyright law would permit tech companies to use musicians' original music to train AI models.
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Indian-American Techie's Mother Demands FBI Probe Into Death, Musk Reacts
Suchir Balaji, a former employee at ChatGPT-parent OpenAI who accused the company of violating copyright laws, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment in November.
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"Fair Use Isn't Piracy": Raghav Chadha Demands Amendments In Copyright Act
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha on Thursday sought key amendments to the Copyright Act of 1957 to safeguard the interests of digital content creators, saying their livelihoods should be determined by law and not by "arbitrary algorithms".
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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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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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US Court Sides With Meta In AI Training Copyright Case
A US judge on Wednesday handed Meta a victory over authors who accused the tech giant of violating copyright law by training Llama artificial intelligence on their creations without permission.
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Anthropic Wins Key US Ruling on AI Training in Authors' Copyright Lawsuit
Anthropic's use of books without permission to train its AI system was legal under US copyright law, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled late on Monday. The company told the court that it made fair use of the books and that US copyright law "not only allows, but encourages" its AI training because it promotes human creativity.
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India Panel to Review Copyright Law Amid Legal Challenges to OpenAI
India has set up a panel to review if existing copyright law is sufficient to tackle AI-related disputes. The memo, which is not public, said the commerce ministry set up a panel of eight experts last month to examine issues related to AI and their implications for India's copyright law.
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Court Lays Down Tests To Distinguish Work Under Copyright From Design Laws
The Supreme Court on Tuesday laid down a framework to distinguish between works protected under the Copyright Act and designs eligible for protection under the Designs Act.
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UK Musicians' 'Silent Album' Protest To Proposed Changes To Copyright Laws
If passed, the new British copyright law would permit tech companies to use musicians' original music to train AI models.
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Indian-American Techie's Mother Demands FBI Probe Into Death, Musk Reacts
Suchir Balaji, a former employee at ChatGPT-parent OpenAI who accused the company of violating copyright laws, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment in November.
