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The #Twitch stream is still running, but we can't appeal Twitch's kafkaesque daily "Muted Audio" claims for 24 hours of material every day for eternity. We'll either have to spice the game up by flipping off the "mute copyrighted audio" switch and let shit escalate, move to the #DJ section, or stop twitching altogether. Either way, if you're a Twitch user, we're semi-stable now and a follow would be much appreciated. #Creativecommons #Copyright https://www.twitch.tv/streamsaferadio

OpenAI's Motion to Dismiss Copyright Claims Rejected by Judge

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/judge-doesnt-buy-openai-argument-nyts-own-reporting-weakens-copyright-suit/

#HackerNews #OpenAI #Copyright #Motion #Dismissed #Judge #News #TechPolicy #LegalNews

From @Techcrunch: A new study appears to lend credence to allegations that OpenAI trained at least some of its AI models on copyrighted content. The organization is embroiled in suits brought by authors, programmers, and other rights-holders who accuse the company of using their works to develop its models without permission.

https://flip.it/NWeJH-

#Tech #OpenAI #Copyright #AI

Big tech companies want total control but opt-out should be the way to go:

"OpenAI and Google have rejected the government’s preferred approach to solve the dispute about artificial intelligence and copyright.

In February almost every UK daily newspaper gave over its front page and website to a campaign to stop tech giants from exploiting the creative industries.

The government’s plan, which has prompted protests from leading figures in the arts, is to amend copyright law to allowdevelopers to train their AI models on publicly available content for commercial use without consent from rights holders, unless they opt out.

However, OpenAI has called for a broader copyright exemption for AI, rejecting the opt-out model."

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/google-openai-reject-copyright-plan-bnnzztts9

#AI #GenerativeAI #UK #Copyright #AITraining #OpenAI #Google #FairUse #IP

#OpenAI unter Verdacht: #GPT4o angeblich mit O'Reilly-Büchern trainiert | iX Magazin https://www.heise.de/news/OpenAI-unter-Verdacht-GPT-4o-angeblich-mit-O-Reilly-Buechern-trainiert-10338293.html #ArtificialIntelligence #copyright #Urheberrecht

"More than a decade ago, Congress tried to pass SOPA and PIPA—two sweeping bills that would have allowed the government and copyright holders to quickly shut down entire websites based on allegations of piracy. The backlash was immediate and massive. Internet users, free speech advocates, and tech companies flooded lawmakers with protests, culminating in an “Internet Blackout” on January 18, 2012. Turns out, Americans don’t like government-run internet blacklists. The bills were ultimately shelved.

Thirteen years later, as institutional memory fades and appetite for opposition wanes, members of Congress in both parties are ready to try this again.

The Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA), along with at least one other bill still in draft form, would revive this reckless strategy. These new proposals would let rights holders get federal court orders forcing ISPs and DNS providers to block entire websites based on accusations of infringing copyright. Lawmakers claim they’re targeting “pirate” sites—but what they’re really doing is building an internet kill switch.

These bills are an unequivocal and serious threat to a free and open internet. EFF and our supporters are going to fight back against them."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever

#USA #Censorship #FreedomOfSpeech #Copyright #IP #SiteBlocking #OpenWeb #DigitalRights #Piracy #FADPA #SOPA #PIPA

Guy runs an experiment to see Just how easy is it to wrangle from GPT that which is very clearly someone else’s IP… Results are interesting, it’s not hard turns out. Some guardrails do exist for very recognizable characters, but that has not prevented LLMs from returning copyrighted IP on image prompts. Or from stealing studio-specific styles, characters and designs for memes - which has led to ‘Ghiblifying’ everything. #StudioGhibli #LLM #LLMs #Image #copyright #IP #AI #ChatGPT #ImagePrompts #AIImage #AIImages #legal

https://theaiunderwriter.substack.com/p/an-image-of-an-archeologist-adventurer

OpenAI’s models ‘memorized’ copyrighted content, new study suggests

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/04/openais-models-memorized-copyrighted-content-new-study-suggests/

#AI #copyright #LLM #press

AFP: Authors hold London protest against Meta for ‘stealing’ work to train AI. “Around 100 authors on Thursday protested outside the London headquarters of Meta, accusing the U.S. tech giant of ‘stealing’ content to train its Artificial Intelligence models.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/04/afp-authors-hold-london-protest-against-meta-for-stealing-work-to-train-ai/

Site-Blocking Legislation Is Back. It’s Still a Terrible Idea. - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever #sopa and #pipa are back, now they are called the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (#FADPA). we must stop it #copyright

Why Italy’s #Piracy Shield risks moving from tiresome digital farce to serious national tragedy – Walled Culture

#Blocklists are drawn up by #copyright companies, without any review, or the possibility of any objections, and those blocks must be enforced within 30 minutes. Needless to say, such a ham-fisted and biased approach to copyright infringement is already producing some horrendous blunders

https://walledculture.org/why-italys-piracy-shield-risks-moving-from-tiresome-digital-farce-to-serious-national-tragedy/

Congress is reviving site-blocking laws—and EFF says it’s as reckless as ever.

Proposals like the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA) would empower courts to order ISPs and DNS providers to block entire websites—without due process.

Why it matters:
・ Site-blocking doesn’t just target piracy—it silences speech
・ It can unintentionally take down thousands of innocent sites
・ Evading blocks is trivial—using VPNs, alternate DNS, etc.
・ Many cases would be handled ex parte, with no one to defend the accused

EFF calls this an internet kill switch in disguise, and it’s a dangerous precedent for free expression and open web access in the U.S.

The entertainment industry is thriving without these laws. So why hand them censorship power?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever

#DigitalRights #EFF #InternetFreedom #Censorship #SiteBlocking #Policy #Copyright #FirstAmendment #WebGovernance

Will These New #AI #Tools Make #Songwriters Irrelevant In 2025?
#Youtube #Video from #RickBeato…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSswFa8Ta1k
#music #copyright #suno

Amid ongoing concern over AI's impact on art and culture, authors held a protest in London against Meta for "stealing" their work. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/04/04/entertainment-news/authors-protest-meta-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #entertainmentnews #meta #ai #copyright #authors #london

A judge has awarded a photographer summary judgment in a case against the City of Chicago. It could be a major win for artists everywhere.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/04/03/photojournalist-wins-lawsuit-against-the-city-of-chicago/

#Copyright #FairUse #Chicago

Massive Expansion Of Italy’s #PiracyShield Underway Despite Growing Criticism Of Its Flaws - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/massive-expansion-of-italys-piracy-shield-underway-despite-growing-criticism-of-its-flaws/ bad stuff happening in Italy #copyright

What if Sweden's reponse to US tariffs would be to legalize The Pirate Bay again.

You know, that search engine which once caused the US to threaten Sweden with sanctions.
#thepiratebay #piracy #copyright

From: blenderdumbass . org

Meta ( allegedly ) tried to hire 3D artists to justify in court that 3D art is apparently so easy and quick to make, that it is uncopyrightable, so they could not ask for permission from 3D artists for training their AI.

Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/meta_argues:__art_is_so_easy_it_is_uncopyrightable_

#Meta #Ai #Blender3d #Facebook #AiArt #Art #3DArt #b3d #Mastoart #Copyright #Effort

UK plans fresh round of talks to take sting out of AI copyright proposals – POLITICO https://www.byteseu.com/888782/ #ArtificialIntelligence #BeebanTaniaKidron #BigTech #ChrisBryant #Copyright #GreatBritain #Innovation #Technology #UnitedKingdom #UnitedStates