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On October 10, EU lawmakers will vote on the extremely controversial Copyright Reform. Mozilla is strongly opposed to the measures and is actively fighting the reform in its Copyright Campaign. The new legislation threatens to strangle platform businesses by siding with rightholders and large corporations over users.
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Today, Facebook Gaming is set to allow its partnered streamers to play copyrighted, popular music in the background of their live stream s — which means they’ve seemingly solved the copyright problem that’s plagued live-streaming (and basically the entire internet) since the beginning.
In an effort to make the process of uploading a video and receiving ad revenue easier, YouTube is rolling out a new tool called “Checks” that tells a creator ahead of time if their video contains copyrighted material and complies with advertising guidelines. This new system is reliant on Content ID.
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In late December, The New York Times sued OpenAI and its close collaborator and investor, Microsoft, for allegedly violating copyright law by training generative AI models on Times’ content. Today, OpenAI gave a public response, claiming — unsurprisingly — that The Times’ lawsuit is meritless.
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On Tuesday, a US District Court in Fort Lauderdale shot down Apple's copyright claim against security software startup Corellium. The Cupertino tech giant took on the smaller company last year, filing a lawsuit alleging that it violated copyright law in creating an iOS virtualization system used to find security bugs.
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The spoof websites appear to have been taken down as of this writing, but the account’s header remains suspended “in response to a report from the copyright holder.”. Hello, with copyright harassment going on for the past 24hrs (4 strikes), I've decided to go private for the next few days – soon!
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The US Copyright Office has dealt a significant blow to video game preservation efforts by denying a request for a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) exemption, allowing libraries to provide remote access to preserved video games. The decision, announced last week, marks the fourth time since 2015 that the copyright.
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