Artists Against Copyright Infringement
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State battles Blackbeard suit at federal Appeals Court
Lawyers representing the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources are asking federal appellate judges to toss out a long-running copyright lawsuit over images linked to the pirate B...
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"The district court held that Allen plausibly alleged that the Department violated the Copyright Act by directly infringing his copyrighted works."
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The company, alongside many of its competitors in the AI space, has been indiscriminately scraping the internet for content, without compensating rightsholders, racking up many copyright infringement lawsuits along the way.
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Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody's Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place
Google accused "commercially motivated" actors of trying to clone its Gemini AI after indiscriminately scraping the web for its models.
futurism.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:27 PM
The company, alongside many of its competitors in the AI space, has been indiscriminately scraping the internet for content, without compensating rightsholders, racking up many copyright infringement lawsuits along the way.
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The Copyright Labeling & Ethical AI Reporting Act would require companies file a notice with the Register of Copyrights that detail the copyrighted works used to train datasets for an AI model. The notice would apply retroactively to models already available.
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Adam Schiff And John Curtis Introduce Bill To Require Tech To Disclose Copyrighted Works Used In AI Training Models
The legislation would require tech to disclose copyrighted works used in their models.
deadline.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:29 PM
The Copyright Labeling & Ethical AI Reporting Act would require companies file a notice with the Register of Copyrights that detail the copyrighted works used to train datasets for an AI model. The notice would apply retroactively to models already available.
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The court, in reversing in part a district court’s grant of summary judgment, emphasized that a service provider could not “curate[d] its collection of images for display” and still preserve its safe harbor status
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Wolters Kluwer
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February 13, 2026 at 7:26 PM
The court, in reversing in part a district court’s grant of summary judgment, emphasized that a service provider could not “curate[d] its collection of images for display” and still preserve its safe harbor status
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Send a letter to your Congressional Representatives to continue to encourage them to stand up for creators.
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Your Voice Matters, It's Time to Take Action | Copyright Alliance
Your Voice Matters, It's Time to Take Action. Email Congress today! Dear Creators and Friends of the Creative Community, Your voice matters now more than ever. Speak up today to ensure your creativity...
copyrightalliance.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Send a letter to your Congressional Representatives to continue to encourage them to stand up for creators.
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North Carolina initially agreed in 2013 to stop the copyright violations & pay Allen $15,000 for unauthorized use. Then, in 2015, North Carolina passed “Blackbeard’s Law,” which allowed state agencies to freely use materials related to shipwrecks in their possession.
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Photographer's 12-Year-Long Fight Over 'Blackbeard's Law' Might Be Over
The case challenged a law shielding U.S. states from copyright claims.
petapixel.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:45 PM
North Carolina initially agreed in 2013 to stop the copyright violations & pay Allen $15,000 for unauthorized use. Then, in 2015, North Carolina passed “Blackbeard’s Law,” which allowed state agencies to freely use materials related to shipwrecks in their possession.
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COPYRIGHT—Sovereign immunity will have to wait another day.
Allen discovered that his work had been uploaded to an NC-operated YouTube channel and onto other social media platforms. Two years later, the State formally commandeered the footage for itself..
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Allen discovered that his work had been uploaded to an NC-operated YouTube channel and onto other social media platforms. Two years later, the State formally commandeered the footage for itself..
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January 27, 2026 at 1:01 PM
COPYRIGHT—Sovereign immunity will have to wait another day.
Allen discovered that his work had been uploaded to an NC-operated YouTube channel and onto other social media platforms. Two years later, the State formally commandeered the footage for itself..
www.vitallaw.com/news/copyrig....
Allen discovered that his work had been uploaded to an NC-operated YouTube channel and onto other social media platforms. Two years later, the State formally commandeered the footage for itself..
www.vitallaw.com/news/copyrig....
The original copyright infringement lawsuit was filed in 2023 by a group of illustrators and writers. Now Cengage & the trade publisher Hachette Book Group, are asking to enter the case to represent all publishers whose rights have also infringed by Google.
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Publishers Seek to Join Class Action Against Google
Two members of the Association of American Publishers, Cengage and Hachette Book Group, have asked a court to allow them to join an ongoing class action lawsuit first brought by illustrators and autho...
www.publishersweekly.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The original copyright infringement lawsuit was filed in 2023 by a group of illustrators and writers. Now Cengage & the trade publisher Hachette Book Group, are asking to enter the case to represent all publishers whose rights have also infringed by Google.
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A U.S. District Judge refused to throw out three of the publisher’s copyright infringement claims which accused OpenAI of distributing copies of its copyrighted works with the copyright management information removed, in violation of the DMCA.
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Judge advances digital publisher Ziff Davis’ ChatGPT copyright infringement claims
ChatGPT maker OpenAI successfully won a stay of discovery concerning newer models of ChatGPT that post-date the versions already involved in the broad multi-district litigation underway in Manhattan f...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A U.S. District Judge refused to throw out three of the publisher’s copyright infringement claims which accused OpenAI of distributing copies of its copyrighted works with the copyright management information removed, in violation of the DMCA.
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A new bill that is being proposed wants to make it less expensive for visual artists to protect their work. Called the Visual Artists Copyright Reform Act of 2025 (VACRA), it wants to reduce fees associated with copyright protection.
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Proposed US Bill Reduces Fees and Barriers to Copyrighting Photos
A new US Senate bill wants to make it less expensive for visual artists, which includes photographers, to protect their work.
petapixel.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A new bill that is being proposed wants to make it less expensive for visual artists to protect their work. Called the Visual Artists Copyright Reform Act of 2025 (VACRA), it wants to reduce fees associated with copyright protection.
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Disney & OpenAI are affirming a shared commitment to the responsible use of AI that protects user safety & the rights of creators. The companies will advance human-centered AI that respects the creative industries & expands what is possible for storytelling.
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The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Reach Agreement to Bring Disney Characters to Sora | The Walt Disney Company
Disney and OpenAI have reached an agreement for Disney to become the first major content licensing partner on Sora, OpenAI’s short-form generative AI video platform.
thewaltdisneycompany.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Disney & OpenAI are affirming a shared commitment to the responsible use of AI that protects user safety & the rights of creators. The companies will advance human-centered AI that respects the creative industries & expands what is possible for storytelling.
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AI models are built out of content & data these companies take without getting permission, without offering compensation to all the humans whose writing & ideas & videos & voices & thoughts & labor & time & perspective go into making these products valuable.
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AI companies are robbing everyone
California AB-412 would force AI companies to be transparent about what data they’ve taken to build their models.
journal.hitrecord.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
AI models are built out of content & data these companies take without getting permission, without offering compensation to all the humans whose writing & ideas & videos & voices & thoughts & labor & time & perspective go into making these products valuable.
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The coalition argues Cox was sent numerous notices of specific IP addresses repeatedly violating music copyrights and that Cox's failure to terminate those IP addresses from internet access means that Cox should face the music.
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Supreme Court weighs copyright fight between music industry and internet providers
At issue is whether internet providers can be liable for their users' committing copyright violations using its services.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The coalition argues Cox was sent numerous notices of specific IP addresses repeatedly violating music copyrights and that Cox's failure to terminate those IP addresses from internet access means that Cox should face the music.
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The AI entertainment landscape is starting to shift, with deals springing up between formerly adversarial AI companies and entertainment corporations, especially in the music space.
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New licensing deal highlights the growing trend of media giants embracing AI
The AI entertainment landscape is starting to shift, with deals springing up between formerly adversarial AI companies and entertainment corporations, especially in the music space.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The AI entertainment landscape is starting to shift, with deals springing up between formerly adversarial AI companies and entertainment corporations, especially in the music space.
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"Copying protectable expression to create a competing substitute isn’t innovation: it’s theft," Thomson Reuters argues in papers filed Wednesday with the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.
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AI Company Infringed Copyright, Thomson Reuters Argues
Thomson Reuters is urging an appeals court to leave in place a ruling that artificial intelligence company Ross Intelligence infringed copyright by training its legal research service on material
publ...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Copying protectable expression to create a competing substitute isn’t innovation: it’s theft," Thomson Reuters argues in papers filed Wednesday with the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.
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WMG said that the “next-generation music creation, listening, and discovery platform” will be powered by generative AI models trained on licensed and authorized music.
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Warner Music settles copyright lawsuit with Udio, signs deal for AI music platform | TechCrunch
The subscription service will allow users to make remixes, covers, and new songs using the voices of artists and compositions of songwriters who choose to participate.
techcrunch.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
WMG said that the “next-generation music creation, listening, and discovery platform” will be powered by generative AI models trained on licensed and authorized music.
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The platforms not only made searching for infringing copies impossible, but they often stalled or simply stopped responding to DMCA takedowns. Stolen videos would stay up for months, getting tens of millions of views while my YouTube originals faltered.
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Creator Spotlight: Storm Chaser & Photographer Dan Robinson
This week, we're pleased to introduce you to former professional storm chaser and photographer, Dan Robinson. Dan has been in the industry for over 33 years, where he has seen "190 tornadoes and cover...
copyrightalliance.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The platforms not only made searching for infringing copies impossible, but they often stalled or simply stopped responding to DMCA takedowns. Stolen videos would stay up for months, getting tens of millions of views while my YouTube originals faltered.
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Judge Colleen McMahon held that “substitutive summaries”—non-verbatim outputs that mirror the expressive structure and journalistic storytelling choices of the originals—may plausibly infringe copyright. That was enough to let the claims move forward.
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Court Rules AI News Summaries May Infringe Copyright
News publishers just cleared a key hurdle against Cohere in a copyright fight over AI-generated "substitutive summaries" of their reporting.
copyrightlately.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Judge Colleen McMahon held that “substitutive summaries”—non-verbatim outputs that mirror the expressive structure and journalistic storytelling choices of the originals—may plausibly infringe copyright. That was enough to let the claims move forward.
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Zlozower claimed the museum neither licensed the photo nor provided credit or a source when exhibiting the image of the band in the exhibit about guitars.
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Photographer Loses Lawsuit After Museum’s Use of His Image Is Ruled Fair Use
The judge agreed with the photographer's argument but ruled it was fair use.
petapixel.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Zlozower claimed the museum neither licensed the photo nor provided credit or a source when exhibiting the image of the band in the exhibit about guitars.
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Videographer Rick Allen says North Carolina illegally copied his work without permission or payment. More than a decade later, he’s still trying to get paid.
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Avast! Fayetteville Man Continues Lawsuit Against State Over Footage of Blackbeard’s Ship
After 12 years, Rick Allen of Fayetteville is still fighting NC officials in court over photos and videos he made of Blackbeard's pirate ship
www.cityviewnc.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Videographer Rick Allen says North Carolina illegally copied his work without permission or payment. More than a decade later, he’s still trying to get paid.
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The court found that both the memorisation in the language models and the reproduction of the song lyrics in the chatbot's outputs constitute infringements of copyright exploitation rights, according to a statement on the ruling.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The court found that both the memorisation in the language models and the reproduction of the song lyrics in the chatbot's outputs constitute infringements of copyright exploitation rights, according to a statement on the ruling.
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The family of the American artist Norman Rockwell has called upon federal agencies to stop using the artist’s work in content promoting the Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies.
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Rockwell Family Denounces DHS Posts
The family of Norman Rockwell has called upon federal agencies to stop using the artist’s work in content promoting anti-immigration policies.
rehs.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The family of the American artist Norman Rockwell has called upon federal agencies to stop using the artist’s work in content promoting the Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies.
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There’s a reason that copyright law has never embraced an opt-out system and that’s because opt-out systems do not work. There are many legal, technical, operational, and policy problems and inefficiencies with an opt-out system.
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Why AI Opt-Out Systems Don’t Work | Copyright Alliance
Throughout the history of the United States, our copyright system has always been an opt-in system. That means if someone wants to use a copyrighted work, they have to get permission from the copyrigh...
copyrightalliance.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
There’s a reason that copyright law has never embraced an opt-out system and that’s because opt-out systems do not work. There are many legal, technical, operational, and policy problems and inefficiencies with an opt-out system.
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According to the publication, the communications could demonstrate willful infringement, potentially leading to enhanced damages of up to $150,000 per work, a massive increase from just $750.
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
According to the publication, the communications could demonstrate willful infringement, potentially leading to enhanced damages of up to $150,000 per work, a massive increase from just $750.
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There’s a principle that keeps a free market free: You can’t take what isn’t yours and sell it as your own. Yet, that is precisely what some of the most prominent players in artificial intelligence are doing.
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AI’s Free Ride on Creative Labor Is Undermining the Marketplace – DC Journal - InsideSources
There’s a principle that keeps a free market free: You can’t take what isn’t yours and sell it as your own. Yet, that is precisely what some of the most
dcjournal.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
There’s a principle that keeps a free market free: You can’t take what isn’t yours and sell it as your own. Yet, that is precisely what some of the most prominent players in artificial intelligence are doing.
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dcjournal.com/ais-free-rid...
“These AI-generated synthetic imitations involuntarily resurrect iconic music performers, sports figures and actors without consent, context, or compensation—reducing cultural heritage to algorithmic spectacle and gratuitous ridicule,” it blasts.
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Musicians’ heirs hit out at AI deepfakes as 'digital grave robbing’
The debates about how AI technology should be regulated continue, with the latest views coming from a group of organisations and heirs.
musically.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“These AI-generated synthetic imitations involuntarily resurrect iconic music performers, sports figures and actors without consent, context, or compensation—reducing cultural heritage to algorithmic spectacle and gratuitous ridicule,” it blasts.
musically.com/2025/10/28/m...
musically.com/2025/10/28/m...