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British authors want Meta to answer for alleged copyright infringement

Engadget

Creatives in the UK are once again speaking out against AI developers accessing copyrighted material. The Society of Authors have published an open letter calling for UK Secretary of State Lisa Nandy to hold Meta accountable for possible copyright infringement regarding its LLM, Llama 3. million books, to train its AI models.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. 417 (1984), also known as the “ Betamax case ”, is a landmark copyright precedent that has had enormous implications for the media economy. copyright law.

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YouTube can now warn creators about copyright issues before videos are posted

The Verge

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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Moonvalley launches an AI video generator built for moviemaking

Fast Company Tech

A well-funded AI lab with a deep bench of research talent is releasing a powerful new model that generates high-definition video for the film and advertising industries. By contrast, Talukdar says, most other video generation models are trained on lower-quality 480p or 720p videoand even then, they often compress the data before encoding.

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Movie studios have been making serious money from AI slop on YouTube

Engadget

As it turns out, major movie studios have actually been making money from the videos, according to reporting by Deadline. Hollywood studios would not enforce copyright on these videos. One of the most famous of these videos is a bogus trailer for the upcoming Superman reboot. He likely didnt know that Warner Bros.

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YouTube unveils AI-powered tool to cleanly remove copyrighted music

TechSpot

YouTube's "Erase Song" feature lets users precisely zap copyrighted tunes from their clips while keeping all the other audio intact. YouTube chief Neal Mohan hyped the new tool on X/Twitter, saying it will help easily remove copyright-claimed music from videos while preserving everything else. Read Entire Article

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Twitch streamers are getting blindsided by years-old copyright notices

The Verge

Over the last few days, a furor has been brewing on Twitch: out of the blue, streamers started seeing copyright takedown notices appear in their inboxes. Twitch doesn’t have the tools yet to let creators bulk delete clips, let alone sift through hundreds at a time that may or may not contain copyright infringing content.

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