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A group of major book publishers and the author Scott Turow have sued Google, claiming it used millions of copyrighted books to train its Gemini AI without permission. The Google Gemini lawsuit calls it “one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history.” The plaintiffs filed the complaint on 10 July in the […]
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A dozen states have sued to block Paramount Skydance’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The suit, led by California attorney general Rob Bonta, was filed in federal court in California’s Northern District, CNBC reports. The timing is pointed. The Justice Department approved the roughly $110bn deal last month without conditions or divestitures, after an eight-month review. […]
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The fight over Australia AI copyright has a price tag: tens of billions in datacentres. The prize for AI firms is the right to train on the country’s books, music and journalism. Australia has become the latest test of a question every government now faces. How much of a nation’s creative work can AI companies […]
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Netflix executives have reportedly discussed adding always-on live channels to the service. The channels would run genre-based programming around the clock, all comedies or all action films, according to a Wall Street Journal report relayed by The Verge. They have also discussed folding rival streaming subscriptions into Netflix itself. Peacock was named specifically, appearing as a […]
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A group of news publishers has asked a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI. The New York Times, the Daily News, and others allege the ChatGPT maker is concealing evidence central to their copyright case, the Associated Press reports. A filing on Thursday in Manhattan federal court claims OpenAI “chose obstruction” over handing over datasets […]
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Meta has been told to go back and talk to France’s newspapers about money. On Wednesday, the country’s competition regulator ordered the company to reopen negotiations with news publishers over payment for their content, after an earlier round of talks fell apart. The order comes with a stopwatch attached. The Autorité de la concurrence gave […]
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Google, Meta, Spotify and Sony have taken Belgium to Europe’s top court. They say its copyright law forces platforms to pay creators far beyond what the EU intended. Four of the biggest names in tech asked the EU’s Court of Justice on Tuesday to rein in Belgium. They say the country rewrote who gets paid […]
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Netflix is licensing short-form video content from publishers including BuzzFeed Studios, Condé Nast, Hearst Magazines, People Inc., Tastemade, and several Penske Media brands such as Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Rolling Stone, Eater, and IndieWire. The content launches August 3 in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. The videos range from […]
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[tldr]Universal’s Minions & Monsters topped the US July 4 box office with roughly $64m over its first five days, the weakest opening in Despicable Me franchise history and far below the $120m-plus debuts of its two predecessors. The soft start raises franchise-fatigue questions for Comcast’s most reliable animation machine.[/tldr] Universal’s Minions & Monsters led the […]
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