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Blackbeard Copyright Lawsuit Sails Forward in NC
North Carolina’s Department of Natural and Cultural Resources received a stern reminder that those who don’t remember history are doomed to repeat it.

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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
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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.
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February 13, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Blackbeard Dodges Trouble!
February 1717: Records of the time indicate the HMS Scarborough, a 32 gun fifth-rate British warship and recognized pirate hunter, was in the vicinity of Blackbeard and his pirate crew near Nevis, West Indies.

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February 5, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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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...
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February 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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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.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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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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January 27, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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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...
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January 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Blackbeard's Plunder!
Late 1717-early 1718: Reports cite Blackbeard & his pirate crew on the Queen Anne's Revenge, plundering vessels near St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Nevis, Antigua, Puerto Rico & Hispaniola (now Haiti & Dominican Republic).

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January 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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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
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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.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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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.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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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
Blackbeard's First Prize!
December 13, 1716: Henry Timberlake, the master of the 40 ton brigantine 'Lamb' loaded with a cargo of barrel staves and shingles, reports he was overtaken by two pirate vessels off western Hispaniola.

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December 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Blackbeard Bests Bostock!
December 5, 1717: Thache overtakes the merchant sloop Margaret off the coast of Anguilla. Her captain & his crew, remain Thache's prisoners for about eight hours, and are forced to watch as their sloop is ransacked.

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December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Piracy Continues, But It's Not Blackbeard!
November 22, 1719: Lt. Robert Maynard of the HMS Pearl complains to the Lords of the Admiralty that the bounty due to him for killing and capturing Blackbeard and his crew has not been paid.

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November 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Blackbeard Breathes His Last!
As Maynard and Blackbeard came face to face the pirate received a pistol shot while swinging his heavy cutlass and snapping Maynard's sword.

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November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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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...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Blackbeard's Shipwreck Found!
November 21, 1996: Intersal Inc., a private research firm working under permit from the state of North Carolina, discovers the wreck believed to be the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR).

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November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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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
Trouble On The Horizon for Blackbeard!
November 17, 1718: Virginia Governor Alexander Spotswood provides funds for the hire of two light, fast sloops setting a course for Ocracoke Inlet, NC and a confrontation with Blackbeard.

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November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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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
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November 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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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
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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
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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...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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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.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM