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Reply Comments on the Proposed Treaty for Access to Copyrighted Works

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. Many of the comments critical of the proposed treaty come from parties that object in principle to copyright exceptions, rather than having a direct stake in the issue at hand.

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Publishers sue Internet Archive over Open Library ebook lending

The Verge

Four major book publishers have filed suit against the Internet Archive for copyright violations relating to the Open Library project , setting the stage for a major legal fight over one of the internet’s longest-running ebook archives. Crucially, the project circumvents the typical licensing restrictions used by conventional libraries.

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Condé Nast, other news orgs say AI firm stole articles, spit out “hallucinations”

Ars Technica

Cond Nast and several other media companies sued the AI startup Cohere today, alleging that it engaged in "systematic copyright and trademark infringement" by using news articles to train its large language model. Read full article Comments

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Daily Crunch: Stripe responds to report that it seeks to raise $2B with a terse ‘no comment’

TechCrunch

He took the idea of running software in the cloud and grew it into the de facto way to deliver software at a time when most companies offered software in boxes or on-prem seat licenses. As activist investors target Salesforce, what’s next for the CRM giant? (TC+)

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The Great YouTube Copyright Debate

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In general, it may be considered fair use if you are reproducing a work for the purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. Copyright Office. Copyright Office. The nature of the copyrighted work. The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

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Bookshare’s Status as an Authorized Entity under Section 121

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Section 121 of the Copyright Act, also known as the Chafee Amendment (17 U.S.C. Tags: copyright blind Bookshare Chafee. Section 121) , defines a special class of organizations known as authorized entities.

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TikTok settles lawsuit with actress over its original text-to-speech voice

The Verge

Sciglimpaglia said TikTok would license Standing’s voice as part of the agreement, but it’s up to TikTok whether or not to use it. TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment. One assumes TikTok checked the copyright on it. Update September 29th, 6:15PM ET: Updated with comment from Standing’s lawyer.

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