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Sweeping new copyright measures poised to pass in spending bill

The Verge

Photo by Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images. On Monday, congressional leaders unveiled their massive spending and coronavirus relief measure, including a handful of controversial copyright measures civil liberties activists fear could penalize internet users for everyday online behavior. Congress’ $2.3

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Facebook Gaming will now allow partnered streamers to play copyrighted music

The Verge

Photo illustration by William Joel | Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images.

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Researchers discover AI models generate photos of real people and copyrighted images

TechSpot

Researchers gathered more than a thousand training examples from the models, which ranged from individual person photographs to film stills, copyrighted news images, and trademarked firm logos, and discovered that the AI reproduced many of them almost identically. Researchers from colleges like Princeton and Berkeley, as well as from the.

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BTS fan Twitter accounts say they’re being targeted by copyright trolls

The Verge

Photo by The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images. 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.”. The culprit, the account owners say, is a recent barrage of fake DMCA takedown notices.

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How many layers of copyright infringement are in Emily Ratajkowski’s new NFT?

The Verge

Model and actress Emily Ratajkowski is selling a link representing a composite image that features a photograph of herself in front of a print by another artist that contains a photo (of herself) taken by (presumably) yet another artist. The Richard Prince painting is itself a copyright nightmare. Is the font copyright protected, too?

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ChatGPT Starts Blocking Studio Ghibli-Style Images After Trend Goes Viral

Futurism

Many have uploaded personal photos to be redrawn into a still from a Ghibli movie. Studio Ghibli's art style is copyrighted, and I can't create images that explicitly mimic it. The wave of ersatz Ghibli art was inescapable in AI spheres. One particularly viral example depicted JFK's assassination.

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Google Images is making it easier to license photo rights

The Verge

Google is rolling out an update to Google Images designed to make it easier to license photographs or pictures that are covered by copyright. For example, you could search just for images covered under a less strict Creative Commons license, or look specifically for commercial photos.

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