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Apple loses early challenge in virtualization copyright claim

The Verge

Apple has lost an early challenge in its lawsuit against Corellium, a security firm that offers a virtualized version of iOS for security testing. The judge deferred ruling on a separate Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) charge, but the result is still a significant setback for the iPhone manufacturer’s legal case. The Oracle v.

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The US Copyright Office says an AI can’t copyright its art

The Verge

The US Copyright Office has rejected a request to let an AI copyright a work of art. Last week, a three-person board reviewed a 2019 ruling against Steven Thaler, who tried to copyright a picture on behalf of an algorithm he dubbed Creativity Machine. Steven Thaler and/or Creativity Machine.

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College student sues Proctorio after source code copyright claim

The Verge

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit against the remote testing company Proctorio on behalf of Miami University student Erik Johnson. The lawsuit is intended to “quash a campaign of harassment designed to undermine important concerns” about the company’s remote test-proctoring software, according to the EFF.

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Apple settles copyright dispute with iPhone emulation software company

TechSpot

The software is used for various purposes, including app development, security testing, and security research. Corellium makes a product that allows users to virtualize mobile operating systems in a desktop browser.

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Mother of OpenAI Whistleblower Says She's Sent Material From Scene of Alleged Suicide for Laboratory Testing

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OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji's autopsy report has been released to his family, who remain unconvinced that he died by suicide and that they're testing a strange hair sample found in his apartment.

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Two NFT copycats are fighting over which is the real fake Bored Ape Yacht Club

The Verge

A pair of non-fungible token projects are testing the boundary between plagiarism and parody. But Yuga Labs owns the copyright on its ape images, and PAYC and PHAYC have were booted from OpenSea apparently for violating its rules against copyright infringement. Both projects may be in legally dicey territory.

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Nike is testing NFT trademark law by suing a sneaker reseller

The Verge

Nike is suing an online marketplace for launching non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on Nike shoes, testing the limits of crypto trademark law and what an NFT actually is. A lot of NFT controversies involve copyright infringement allegations — typically, a crypto project minting tokens based on an artist’s work without permission.

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