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

The Verge

The NFT, also, is a copyright nightmare, much like many of the images that Ratajkowski described grappling with throughout her career. Further study is needed. The Richard Prince painting is itself a copyright nightmare. Is the font copyright protected, too? To break down the situation at hand: There is the NFT.

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Winnie-the-Pooh and around 400,000 early sound recordings enter public domain

The Verge

The works are now “free for all to copy, share, and build upon,” according to Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain , which tracks which copyrighted materials will become public each year. A recent law, the 2018 Music Modernization Act, standardized how early sound recordings are handled under federal copyright law.

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Replit, the web-based IDE developing a GitHub Copilot competitor, raises $100M

TechCrunch

Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI are being sued in a class action lawsuit that accuses them of violating copyright law by allowing Copilot to regurgitate sections of licensed code without providing credit. It’s unclear whether Ghostwriter, too, was trained on licensed or copyrighted code. That includes insecure code.

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Cydia sues Apple alleging its App Store has a monopoly

The Verge

A 2019 study from antivirus company Norton found that Apple’s stringent controls over what apps are allowed into the App Store made iOS devices somewhat more secure than those running the more popular open-source Android operating system. However, the US Copyright Office has established that iPhone jailbreaking is not illegal.

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Shopify has a ‘textbook pirate’ problem, publishers allege

The Verge

Five major publishers have sued Shopify over pirated learning materials like PDFs of ebooks and test materials, saying the e-commerce platform fails to remove listings and stores that violate the publishers’ trademarks and copyrights. To date in 2021, over 90% of copyright and trademark reports were reviewed within 1 business day.”.

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Solutions Day 2023—Beyond Answers to Insight

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One of the biggest is whether AI-generated content is protected by copyright law. According to the most recent Community Brands Association Trends Study, 84 percent of association professionals see building trust with members as a top priority. The use of AI in IP also raises additional questions. Sponsored by WorkerBee.TV

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Developers are now using AI for text-to-music apps

TechCrunch

You just have to type in a prompt like “Calming piano music to listen to while studying” or “Funky beats for a podcast intro” to let the app generate a music clip. These tools are mainly targeting creators, who can use copyright-free music in their videos or podcasts.

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